River’s Edge Convention Center Tapped as State’s Next COVID-19 Community Vaccination Site

(KNSI) – St. Cloud’s River’s Edge Convention Center will soon turn into a large-scale COVID-19 vaccination clinic as Minnesota makes it its sixth community vaccination site in the state.

Gov. Tim Walz’s office announced the new site Tuesday, saying health care workers will be administering COVID-19 vaccines to eligible Minnesotans at the convention center starting this week. This eligibility group includes phase 1B frontline workers.

“With this St. Cloud site, we are expanding vaccine access to even more communities,” said Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan. “Once federal supply reaches the level of demand, we will be prepared to provide every Minnesotan the opportunity to receive the vaccine, no matter where they call home.”

The convention center has operated as a COVID-19 testing site for several months, and it served as a pop-up location during the state’s Vaccine Pilot Program earlier this year.

The governor’s office says eligible Minnesotans will be contacted directly to sign up for vaccine appointments.

Minnesota’s other community vaccination clinics are located in Minneapolis, Duluth, Rochester, Bloomington and Saint Paul.

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