Covid-19 Resource Posters from MA Attorney General's Office
Updated: May 4, 2020
The AG’s Office has created and distributed nearly 20,000 physical flyers, and thousands more electronically, to the state’s community-based organizations, faith-based groups, neighborhood associations, food pantries, hospitals and community health centers, government officials, and municipalities, with a particular focus on “hotspots” with the highest rates of coronavirus cases, including Brockton, Chelsea, Lawrence, Randolph, Revere, Lynn, Everett, Stoughton, and communities across Boston. The flyers have been translated to Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Vietnamese, Haitian Creole, Cape Verdean Creole, French, Arabic, and Russian.
“In a time of uncertainty, fear, and desperate need, we want people to have access to resources,” said AG Healey. “These flyers are part of our office’s multi-faceted approach in responding to the immediate needs of these communities and addressing the disparate impact of this epidemic.”
The Equal Access to Care flyer includes information on a person’s rights to health care regardless of immigration status, and the importance of not being afraid to seek medical care during this crisis if you are sick, injured, or need routine care. The AG’s Office urges anyone who is sick with COVID-19-like symptoms or knows that they have been exposed to the virus, not to hesitate to seek medical attention and care, regardless of their immigration status or insurance coverage.
“Our immigrant communities across Massachusetts are being hit especially hard by this public health crisis, and it’s vital that we all do everything we can to ensure that they have the care they need right now,” said Patricia Sobalvarro, Executive Director of Agencia ALPHA. “We’re so grateful to AG Healey and her team for their ongoing work to educate our communities about their right to access medical care during this critical time.”
“Our Asian American families are hurting right now. They are vulnerable, frightened, and being subjected to hateful rhetoric,” said Anh Vu Sawyer, Executive Director of the Southeast Asian Coalition of Massachusetts. “We’re so thankful to the AG’s Office for advocating for us and ensuring that our
In response to the growing needs around the COVID-19 crisis, AG Healey has expanded her office’s resources for immigrant, Black, and Brown communities and ramped up outreach efforts to these underserved communities that are disproportionately impacted by the pandemic.
AG Healey has called for more community-level data on current access to testing, medical care and rates of infection in order to better target desperately needed resources and other support. Throughout the pandemic, the AG’s Office has fought to protect the rights of workers, consumers, tenants, patients, students, and small businesses across the state.
The AG’s Community Engagement Division is continuing its efforts to inform the public about the office’s resources and is holding avariety of webinars in multiple languages on issues related to the pandemic including landlord-tenant rights, civil rights, and how residents can avoid falling victim to scams and identity theft.
Visit AG Healey’s COVID-19 resource page for information about how the AG’s Office can provide support during this crisis.
Equal Access to Healthcare Poster (available as pdf)
