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Interested but skeptical, Latinos benefit the most at North Philly mass vaccination site at Esperanza

Since its launch in early April, the Esperanza Community Vaccination Center has vaccinated more than 10,500 people, where nearly 55% of the visitors identified as Latino.

Lidia Alejo, 60, originally from Cotui, Dominican Republic, gets a sticker after she received the COVID-19 vaccine at FEMA’s mass vaccination site at the Esperanza Community Center in the Hunting Park section of Phila., Pa. on April 10, 2021.
Lidia Alejo, 60, originally from Cotui, Dominican Republic, gets a sticker after she received the COVID-19 vaccine at FEMA’s mass vaccination site at the Esperanza Community Center in the Hunting Park section of Phila., Pa. on April 10, 2021.Read moreELIZABETH ROBERTSON / Staff Photographer