New Salem program targets training for bilingual EMTs, health workers

EMTs with Metro West Ambulance prep for patients at a drive-thru Covid vaccination clinic in Woodburn (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)

Marin Arreola has seen the need for Spanish-speaking health care providers firsthand.

He worked with the Interface Network, a community health organization, to organize Covid testing and vaccination events across the Salem area for much of the pandemic. 

Latinos both statewide and in Marion County had much higher rates of infection from Covid than their white…