Farmworkers Center Pushes For More Testing With Essential Workers At Risk For Covid-19

El Paso Times, El Paso Times
Fri, 07/03/2020 - 6:00am

Farmworkers in the Borderland fear risking COVID-19 contamination and as essential workers, ask for more testing.

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