City of Lynn to hold COVID-19 virtual town halls on May 5 (English) & May 6 (Spanish) | April 29, 2021

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City of Lynn to hose COVID-19 Virtual Town Halls in English & Spanish next week

EDITOR’S NOTE: LCTV will be sent a recording of these town halls for later broadcast, if you miss them.

The City of Lynn, in partnership with Mass General Brigham-Salem Hospital and Lynn Community Health Center, is hosting two COVID-19 Virtual Town Halls, in English and in Spanish, to provide residents with helpful information and answer questions related to the COVID-19 vaccine and updated state health and safety protocols. The English Town Hall will take place next Wednesday, May 5th at 6:30 PM and the Spanish Town Hall will take place next Thursday, May 6th at 6:30pm. Both Town Halls will be produced by Archipelago Strategies Group (ASG) through the State’s Equity Initiative.

Each Town Hall will be broadcast as a Zoom webinar and will include panelists from the City of Lynn, Mass General Brigham-Salem Hospital and Lynn Community Health Center. The English Town Hall will be hosted by Mukala Kabongo of Lynn Community Television and the Spanish Town Hall will be hosted by Carolina Trujillo of Periódico La Voz.

English Town Hall

The English Town Hall Panelists include:

• Mayor Thomas M. McGee
• Lynn Public Health Director Michele Desmarais
• Dr. Barbara Lambl, Salem Hospital Infectious Disease Specialist
• Dr. Miriam Neuman, Salem Hospital Chair of Radiology
• Dr. Hanna Haptu, Lynn Community Health Center Infectious Disease Specialist
• Marita Grove, Lynn Community Health Center Family Nurse Practitioner

Spanish Town Hall

Residents can register for the Spanish Town Hall by clicking here. For those residents who do not have access to the internet, they can call 312-626-6799 at the time of the event using the following Webinar ID: 882 8998 7381 to listen live.