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Highlandtown pastor urges more COVID-19 testing sites in hard-hit Latino-African American community

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Story by Tim Swift/Catholic Review

June 10, 2020


Photos: Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff

But even at Sacred Heart of Jesus, health officials have struggled to keep up with demand as hundreds have sought testing in recent weeks. The line frequently snakes around the block of the church, but officials often have no more than 150 tests on any given day. At least three of Bishop-designate Lewandowski’s parishioners who unsuccessfully sought testing have died.


We’re calling on the governor to invest in the people of Baltimore with tests,” said Bishop-designate Lewandowski, explaining while capacity has improved in affluent communities, it still lags in poorer African American and Latino neighborhoods.


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