CDC: Fully-Vaccinated People Can Gather Together Without Masks, Social Distancing
An update Monday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention could bring more Minnesota families together.
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An update Monday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention could bring more Minnesota families together.
A Minnesota health care provider is trying to fill a lot of open COVID-19 vaccine appointments.
As doses of Johnson & Johnson's vaccine begins to be administered in the state, Minnesota health officials on Friday reported 813 more cases and 13 more deaths.
The Roy Wilkins Auditorium will again become a COVID-19 vaccination site, Gov. Tim Walz announced Friday.
The Minnesota Vikings are teaming up with state health officials to administer doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
Infectious disease experts say if you're getting vaccinated, it can't hurt to boost your immune system beforehand.
Minnesota health officials are looking out for positive cases of COVID-19 after someone has been fully vaccinated.
Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine has officially arrived in Minnesota.
The first case of the virus in Minnesota was confirmed on March 6, 2020.
Vaccinations are simply not coming fast enough for many younger Minnesotans with health issues, and some of them are having more luck crossing state lines.
The news came the same day that teachers, child care workers, grocery store employees and others in a group of about 700,000 became eligible for the vaccine.
As March begins in Minnesota, over 900,000 people in the state have received at least one vaccine dose. Meanwhile, health officials on Monday reported 636 more virus cases and three more deaths.
Minnesotans will soon have access to what Gov. Tim Walz calls a "game changer" in the fight against COVID-19.
A day after Johnson & Johnson's one-shot COVID-19 vaccine gained authorization for emergency use, the Minnesota Department of Health reported 813 new cases and eight more deaths.
The Minnesota Health Department says it's not likely the 62 patients will have to start their vaccination cycles over.
The new vaccine will not immediately add a significant boost to America's vaccine availability. Johnson & Johnson announced earlier this week it expected under 4 million doses would be ready to ship after the emergency use authorization.
The governor's plan does include vaccinating people with some specific high-risk health condition during the next round.
State officials say they expect to eventually give out 6,000 doses a day at the MCC regularly later this spring when more doses are available.
Some say other states seem to be vaccinating families faster and wonder how Minnesota stacks up.
Kelsey LaValle has been trying to help her 70-year-old aunt get the COVID-19 vaccine. She says she's signed up for every list to be notified but so far, no luck.
Gov. Tim Walz released new details Thursday on the next steps in Minnesota's vaccine rollout, including which groups will get priority once a significant percentage of seniors are inoculated.
As of Feb. 20, there have been 1,142,741 doses of the COVID vaccine distributed in the state. So far, 370,981 people have completed the vaccine series.
Best Buy's statement clarified employees will not have time off to get the vaccine, but rather will be gifted time off to use as they please once their vaccination has been verified.
A spokesperson for Gov. Tim Walz said the governor will announce Thursday that the state will administer the COVID-19 vaccine to 70% of Minnesotans over 65 before expanding eligibility to other groups.
Pfizer and Moderna have enrolled children 12 years and up in their pediatric trials for the COVID-19 vaccine.
