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Santa Clara County joins efforts for the sixteenth consecutive year with community organizations, federal agencies, volunteers, and the Mexican Consulate to improve the health and well-being of the Latinx migrant population during the COVID-19 pandemic, through Binational Week of Health. Find out how Binational Health Week will be celebrated this October and how you can get involved.
Recorded October 2, 2020.
The City of Cupertino would like to express its thanks to the County of Santa Clara for the use of their video materials during the COVID-19 pandemic.
For more information regarding the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak in Cupertino, please visit https://www.cupertino.org/coronavirus.
B
B
During
this
pandemic,
ricardo
romero
morales,
the
community
health
plan
are
with
our
public
health
department,
joins
us
this
morning
to
share
more
information
about
binational
health
week,
but
first
we
want
to
let
you
know
that,
prior
to
this
segment,
we
did
remove
our
face
covering
so
everyone,
including
our
american
sign
language
interpreters,
can
clearly
and
properly
communicate
the
information
that
we
will
be
sharing
this
morning,
thanks
for
being
here
ricardo.
Thank
you
larry.
It's
a
pleasure
to
be
here.
C
C
So
we
have
grown
to
be
a
large
movement
that
now
is
not
only
a
week,
but
it's
also
a
month.
So
it's
the
entire
month
of
celebration
of
services
that
we
provide
to
a
latino
community
here
in
the
united
states
and
canada
bi-national
health
week
is
celebrated
not
only
here
in
the
united
states,
but
also
in
mexico,
guatemala,
ecuador,
peru
and
other
parts
of
the
country
as
well,
such
as
in
europe.
B
C
So
here
in
santa
clara
county,
we
actually
started
by
national
health
week
in
2005..
So
last
year
we
celebrated
our
quinceanera,
and
this
year
is
our
16th
anniversary
of
bi-national
health
week
in
santa
clara
county.
As
a
matter
of
fact,
I
have
some
pictures
to
show
you
from
last
year
and
let's
see
so
here,
we
have
a
picture
of
the
binational
health
week,
kickoff
event
that
we
have
last
year
at
the
istric
mall
here
in
san
jose.
C
Now
we
also
had
different
different
events
throughout
the
entire
month.
The
picture
that
we're
seeing
now
it's
a
picture
of
source
wise,
which
are
a
non-profit
organization
who
provide
education
about
how
to
sign
up
for
medicare,
and
then
we
also
have
here,
is
a
picture
of
our
closing
ceremony
where
we
have
all
of
our
community
partners
who
participated
last
year
now
in
terms
of
the
numbers.
Last
year
we
hosted
more
than
26
events
and
we
were
able
to
reach
about
18
547
individuals.
C
We
provided
982
screenings
and
we
distributed
284
flu
shots,
and
this
is
just
in
the
month
of
october
through
by
national
health
week,
and
we
were
able
to
partner
up
with
more
than
66
different
agencies
here
in
the
county.
Now,
since
they've
been
since
the
very
beginning
in
2005.
Until
now,
we
have
been
able
to
reach
out
to
447,
000
and
counting
residents
here
in
santa
clara
county.
C
Now,
let
me
tell
you
that
in
this
year
by
national
health
week,
it's
going
to
start
looking
a
little
bit
different.
We
because
of
the
pandemic
by
national
health
week
has
been
one
of
the
mobile
one
of
the
one
of
the
largest
mobilizations
that
we've
been
having
and
now
we're
gonna
be
moving
to
virtual
platforms.
As
a
matter
of
fact,
while
we
were
planning
by
national
health
week,
we
weren't
sure
how
things
were
going
to
look
at
this
year,
and
it
was
mainly
because
we
wanted
to
bring
bi-national
health.
C
We
know
the
importance
of
bringing
the
services
and
education
to
our
latino
community
and,
of
course,
we
want
to
continue
to
provide
those
services,
so
our
community
partners
and
the
senate
and
the
public
health
department
got
together
and
we
started
to
brainstorm
different
ideas
about
about
how
to
operate
or
how
to
plan
this
year's
bi-national
health
week.
Thankfully,
thanks
to
all
of
our
partners
the
mexican
consulate
here
in
in
san
jose
de
la
mundo,
cuarenta,
yocho
and
other
community
partners,
we
were
able
to
bring
to
you
different
resources
to
for
this
year.
B
C
Yeah,
so
there
is
a
lot
of
fear
in
our
community
regarding
how
to
access
services.
That's
one
of
the
concerns
that
we
have
one
because
there
might
be
their
immigration
status
might
be
one
of
those
fears.
We
also
have
the
language
barriers
that
could
be
also
another
fear
or
even
how
to
pay
for
for
medicare
services,
especially
now
with
during
covet
19.
How
do
we,
if
we
get
sick?
How
do
we
seek
those
services?
How
do
we
go
to
the
er
like?
What
am
I
expecting
to
see?
B
D
Hey
good
morning
guys-
and
thank
you
very
much
for
having
me
here
today
and
yeah
thanks
for
the
introduction,
my
name
is
steven
leon,
rubacaba
junior
and
I
work
here
in
santa
clara
county
for
the
non-profit
organization.
Excuse
me,
nonprofit
organization
called
source
wise
and
specifically,
I
work
in
the
health,
insurance,
counseling
and
advocacy
program
it's
commonly
referred
to
as
high
cap
across
the
state.
D
D
Oh
yeah
yeah,
so
so
high
cap,
what
is
icap?
It's
it's
another
acronym,
because
health,
insurance,
counseling
and
advocacy
program
is
a
is
a
lot.
So
what
high
cap
does
across
the
state?
Is
we
provide
free,
one-on-one
counseling
that
assists
all
medicare
beneficiaries,
their
families,
their
caregivers
and
the
main
goal
is
to
help
them
understand
their
medicare
benefits
and
the
best
health
care
options
for
them
and
by
the
way,
for
those
that
may
not
know.
D
Medicare
beneficiaries
are
typically
65
years
or
older,
and
also
real,
quick,
the
source-wise,
high-cap
counselors
they're,
all
trained
they're,
all
certified
by
the
state
of
california
and
and
they
all
provide
medicare
one-on-one
appointments
like
ricardo,
was
mentioning
a
lot
of.
It
has
gone
virtual
or
has
gone
over
the
phone,
but
we
have
been
able
to
reach
folks
and
make
sure
that
they
understand
their
options
because
medicare
is
very
complex,
so
we
have
been
able
to
adapt
to
the
community
needs.
D
B
D
So
yeah
there
is
a
specific
enrollment
period
and
it's
actually
coming
up.
So
the
biggest
time
of
year
for
medicare
is
called
their
annual
enrollment
period,
which
takes
place
kind
of
in
alignment
with
bi-national
health
week.
It
starts
on
october
15
and
then
it
goes
all
the
way
till
december
7..
Now
it's
very
important,
because
this
is
when
folks
can
make
changes
to
their
various
medicare
benefits
without
having
any
problems
and
again
a
lot
of
them
are
going
to
be
taking
place
virtually
so
we
have.
B
C
Of
course,
so
this
year
we
we
are
planning,
like,
I
said
all
of
our
events
that
are
happening.
This
year's
are
virtually
as
a
matter
of
fact.
We
I
want
to
go
ahead
and
show
you
right
now,
the
the
image
for
this
years
by
national
health
week.
So,
as
you
can
see
on
your
screens
right
now,
that's
the
image
that
that
we
have
from
mexico,
and
this
is
to
celebrate
the
20th
anniversary
internationally.
C
How
can
they
continue
to
prevent
cover,
19
and
also
highlighting
the
importance
of
the
flu,
especially
now
during
kobe
19
times
now,
and
then
the
following
weekend
on
october
10th,
we
are
having
our
own
bi-national
health
week
testing
site
in
where
we're
going
to
be
providing
cover,
19
testing
to
our
community
here
in
san
jose,
and
that
will
be
located
at
the
discovery
museum.
The
times
will
be
from
10
a.m,
to
3
p.m
and
again
that
will
be
happening
on
october
10th.
C
C
C
As
you
can
see,
we
list
them
out
all
of
the
events
that
we
have
and
at
the
bottom
there
is
a
actual
calendar
in
where
you
can
click
on
the
blue
on
the
blue
boxes,
and
it
will
tell
you
what
events
are
happening
that
day
of
the
month.
So
that's
that's
how
people
can
find
out
about
binational
health
week,
events
and.
C
You
know
we
want
to
remind
our
latino
community
that
they're
not
alone
we're
in
this
together.
We
want
to
be
thankful
to
everybody
who
has
been
patient
with
everything
that
has
been
happening.
I
know
isolation,
quarantine,
getting
tested,
social
distancing
wearing
a
face
coverings
can
be
overwhelming,
but
I
want
to
let
you
know
that
you're
not
alone.
We
are
in
this
together
and
we're
trying
to
come
up
with
different
strategies
to
be
here
for
you
and
provide
the
services
that
we
all
need.
B
And
thanks
for
sharing
that
very
important
information
want
to
remind
you
that
coming
up
this
weekend
and
almost
every
day,
you
can
get
free
blue
shots
here
in
the
county,
you
can
go
to
sccphd.org
blue
again,
that
is
sccphd.org
flu
to
get
your
flu
shots
find
out
more
information
about
flu
shots.
Also,
today,
air
quality
will
be
unhealthy
for
sensitive
groups,
so
limit
your
time
outdoors
and
don't
forget
with
all
this
information
we've
been
providing
covet.
19
is
real
and
it
is
still
out
there.
B
So,
if
you're
going
out,
please
continue
to
wash
your
hands,
wear
a
mask
and
practice
physical
and
social
distancing.
We
hope
you
have
a
safe
weekend
want
to
remind
you.
Facebook
live
in
spanish
comes
up
at
a.m
today,
and
every
thursday
at
10
a.m
in
vietnamese
have
a
safe
weekend.
Everybody
thank
you
for
watching.
Thank.