Tag: virus
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Asian Americans report being harassed, assaulted amid US coronavirus outbreak
Steve Ly, Mayor of Elk Grove and America’s first Hmong mayor, called out Trump and other national leaders for their rhetoric, saying that it’s time for unity. RELATED: Coronavirus Resources: A guide … Read Full Article
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Merced County coronavirus totals rise to 7 infections. One infection happened locally
A prior version of this story incorrectly reported that all seven local cases of coronavirus infection were acquired outside of Merced County, based on information from Merced County Public Health. Read Full Article
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A California hospital is translating coronavirus information for immigrants
But that information is not always available in languages other than English. And for less dominant languages in the US — such as Hmong, Somali and Indigenous languages spoken in Latin America — up-to … Read Full Article
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‘This virus knows no borders’: Milwaukee mayor releases statement after meeting with Hmong community
MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett virtually met with members of the Hmong community on Thursday amid the coronavirus pandemic. Barrett is urging Milwaukee residents to be cautious with the … Read Full Article
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‘Virus knows no borders:’ Milwaukee mayor urges caution with language used to describe COVID-19
MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett released a statement on Friday, March 27 as it relates to the coronavirus pandemic and in particular, the city’s Hmong community. The mayor met virtually on … Read Full Article
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Rosario: Racism rears its ugly head even as globe confronts lethal contagion
Things that made me frown and also smile this week: The what virus? Alvin Moua, an accounts manager for a staffing agency, drove up the driveway of his rented townhome in Woodbury on Wednesday … Read Full Article
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CANCELED: Considering Present-Day Concerns about the Possible Deportation of Ethnic Hmong and Lao People from the U.S. to Laos
Canceled following UW-Madison’s decision to cancel all events with 50 or more people until at least April 10 due to the coronavirus; for updates: https://covid19.wisc.edu. Read Full Article
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Newsletter: Mortgage relief for struggling homeowners
Eater SF Fresno-area translators are racing to get coronavirus information to Hmong, Punjabi and Spanish speakers. “In Fresno’s large Hmong community, a delay of translated information meant that many … Read Full Article
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Yog koj xav tau xov xwm kom ntxawv tshaj no ntxiv txog cov kab mob Coronavirus no ces koj muaj peev xwm txheeb tau ntawm SBS Hmong tau. Read Full Article
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Fresno-area translators race to get coronavirus info to Hmong, Punjabi, spanish speakers
What if you could not get information about the coronavirus pandemic in your own language? Translaters are trying to change that … Read Full Article
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Australia cov kab mob COVID-19 kis tshaj 2,400 tus rau hnub zwj Feej tim 25, 2020
Yog koj xav tau xov xwm kom ntxawv tshaj no ntxiv txog cov kab mob Coronavirus no ces koj muaj peev xwm txheeb tau ntawm SBS Hmong tau. Australia cov kab mob COVID-19 kis tshaj 2,400 tus rau hnub zwj … Read Full Article
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‘I don’t have the virus’: Asian Americans in Minnesota confront a COVID-19 backlash
Tags: American, Asian, Asian Americans, COVID-19, Her, Hmong, Hmong American, home, men, Minnesota, mother, St. Paul, Twin Cities, virus, womanA white woman plugs her nose at the sight of a Hmong American shopper at a Twin Cities mall. A St. Paul mother, also of Hmong descent, says two delivery men refused to install a new washer in her home … Read Full Article
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Group offers Spanish-language COVID-19 info for Humboldt County residents
An immigrant advocacy group has stepped up to deliver information about the coronavirus to Spanish-speaking residents. Read Full Article
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Trump’s ‘Chinese virus’ is a racist attack
Asians have been called “viruses,” denied lodging, and even physically assaulted. At two separate hotels in Indiana, USA, Americans of Hmong descent were kicked out because of their race. At Sheffield … Read Full Article
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‘Chinese Virus’ Is Racist and Asians Are Being Assaulted Because of It
For East Asians, it’s been the “yellow peril”; Japanese American concentration camps; the Chinese Exclusion Act; Vietnam war refugees; Korean, Hmong, South Asian, Filipino, Cambodian, Indian, Pacific … Read Full Article
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‘Unique complexities’ for Madison School District means virtual learning coming later amid COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic
LeMonds said there’s a “high volume of instructional material” that needs to be translated into Spanish and Hmong. He said the large number of elective courses in the city’s four comprehensive high … Read Full Article
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