The company is expected to help with COVID response along California's southern border through a $350 million contract with the state.
When asked why SLS was chosen for vaccination efforts in California, the state health department spokesperson said:"Contractors have played a vital role in the nation's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. CDPH relies on willing and able health care contractors such as SLS Health Services as well as others to respond timely to requests to enable health systems to care for patients and support local health jurisdictions to carry out their vaccination and testing plans.
Above, asylum seekers line up before entering the United States at the San Ysidro crossing port in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, on May 10, 2021.According to CapRadio, SLS staff has previously provided COVID-related services to around 60,000 migrants and helped health organizations that offer those services to farmworkers and undocumented immigrants.
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