Virtual event to share COVID-19 vaccine info with Spanish-speakers

Mar. 24, 2021 12:41 pm

The state's Commission of Latino Affairs office will host a virtual information session Wednesday about the COVID-19 vaccine for residents whose primary language is Spanish.

The Facebook question-and-answer session will start at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday.

The session will be hosted by Dr. Alejandro Commessas Freymond and Dr. Rolando Sanchez, both Spanish-speaking physicians at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. They will speak about the COVID-19 vaccine and answer any questions the public may have about the shots.

The virtual event can be found on the Iowa Commission of Latino Affairs Facebook page. Here's the link to the event: www.facebook.com/events/750200562305829.

La Comisión de Asuntos Latinos de Iowa tiene una sesión informativa en español sobre la vacuna contra el COVID-19. Transmitirá la sesión en vivo por Facebook hoy a las 4:30. Puedes mirarlo en facebook.com/iowacommissionoflatinoaffairs.

Drs. Alejandro Comellas Freymond y Rolando Sanchez de la Universidad de Iowa van a contestar preguntas.

Gazette reporter John Steppe contributed the translation for this article.

Comments: (319) 398-8469; michaela.ramm@thegazette.com

Syringes are seen prepared along with bandages to give doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to healthcare workers at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City on Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)