Staff member Irene Lucio smiles as she greets patrons in English and Spanish, as people enter the Valleywise Health Medical Center and are screened for COVID-19 and coronavirus Monday, March 16, 2020, in Phoenix. As government officials continue to ring the alarm bell about the coronavirus, all over the nation, they're doing so predominantly in English. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
March 18, 2020
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March 18, 2020 11:48 p.m.
Getting coronavirus updates in Spanish is a mixed bag in US
PHOENIX (AP) — Osvaldo Salas speaks a little English, but not proficiently. The suburban Phoenix man relies on Spanish-language TV and friends and family for information on the coronavirus because state and local officials haven't posted any updates online in Spanish even as the global pandemic widens.