Interpreters, Translators Petition CDC for Vaccine Eligibility

The American Translators Association petitioned the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to include interpreters among the essential workers eligible for Phase 1 vaccinations. The association, in a Dec. 17 letter to the CDC, urged that on-site medical interpreters be listed among examples of health care personnel who will be eligible to receive the vaccine during the first phase. The letter also asks the CDC to include on-site interpreters in other settings, including court interpreters in legal and administrative law, among the “other essential workers” eligib...