Black Churches Partner With LA County To Provide COVID Testing To Underserved Communities

Los Angeles CA

18 February, 2021

5:21 PM

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By CBSLA Staff, CBS Los Angeles February 18, 2021 LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – Eight historically Black churches have partnered up with the Los Angeles County Public Health Department to provide free coronavirus testing in underserved Black communities. L.A. County and the Tabernacle Community Development Corporation and the African American Community Empowerment Council launched a drive-thru COVID-19 testing site at the First AME Church Wednesday. "What we're knowing, is that here in L.A. County, we recognize that there's a divide in access to care for our Black and our Brown communities, so we're thankful from the support from Gov. Newsom, the Board of Supervisors and our Black churches," Dr. Tasha Dixon, a physician at Martin Luther King, Jr. Outpatient Center, told CBSLA Thursday morning. Read more at CBS Los Angeles