Category Archives: COVID-19
Minnesota Dentists Get the Go-Ahead to Administer COVID-19 Vaccines
(KNSI) - Last week, Gov. Tim Walz signed a bill into law that allows Minnesota dentists to administer the COVID-19 vaccine, adding another aspect to the state's vaccine rollout, which is currently ahe...
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COVID-19 Vaccine Eligibility for Next Two Priority Groups to Open at Once This Week
(KNSI) - Minnesota Governor Tim Walz says the Minnesota Department of Health is opening up the next two COVID-19 vaccination eligibility groups at once. The announcement comes as the state nears the 7...
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Wife Of Hockey Ref, Who Died From COVID, Thinks He Contracted It During Carver Co. Games
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The wife of a youth hockey referee, who died from COVID-19, believes he contracted the virus while officiating games in Carver County. Sixty-two-year-old Dan Culhane passed ...
Mar 08, 2021
MDH: Vaccine Rollout Faces 'Race Against Time' in Preventing Future COVID-19 Case Surges
(KNSI) - The swift distribution of COVID-19 vaccines developed less than a year after the first cases were found in the U.S. has painted a brighter picture for 2021 versus 2020. However, Minnesota hea...
Mar 08, 2021
39 New COVID-19 Cases Confirmed Around St. Cloud Monday
(KNSI) - The Minnesota Department of Health reports 473 new COVID-19 cases and six deaths on Monday. None of those new deaths occurred around St. Cloud, but there are 39 new cases in the five-county a...
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More than Half of Minnesota's Teachers, Seniors Vaccinated Against COVID-19
(KNSI) - Minnesota hit a milestone this weekend: 1 million people vaccinated against COVID-19 with at least one dose. The state's latest data, reported on March 5, shows 1,046,077 people have received...
Mar 08, 2021 A nurse prepares a dose of COVID-19 vaccination at the Twin Cities Orthopedics Performance Center during COVID-19 vaccinations in Eagan, Minn., on Friday, March 5, 2021. Approximately 13,400 doses of the single-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine will be administered at the Minnesota Vikings practice facility to health care workers and adults 65 years of age or older over the next few days. (John Autey/Pioneer Press via AP, Pool)
MDH Unveils Race, Ethnicity Data of COVID-19 Vaccine Recipients
(KNSI) - On Friday, the Minnesota Department of Health published COVID-19 vaccination data that details vaccine recipients' race and ethnicity. The data show that white Minnesotans are disproportionat...
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One COVID-19 Death, 66 New Cases Recorded Around St. Cloud Friday
(KNSI) - The Minnesota Department of Health reports 813 new cases of COVID-19 and 13 deaths statewide today. The death count includes one person from Sherburne County in their 70s. In the five-county ...
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Man Creates Public Tracking Document to Help People Find COVID-19 Vaccines
(KNSI) - Finding an appointment for a COVID-19 vaccine is proving difficult for some Minnesota seniors, and a new public vaccine tracking document has popped up to help them out. The document was crea...
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Minnesota Launches Permanent COVID-19 Vaccination Site at Roy Wilkins Auditorium
(KNSI) - The state is launching another COVID-19 community vaccination site, this time in St. Paul. The clinic at Roy Wilkins Auditorium is expected to dole out 5,850 doses of the vaccine to eligible ...
Mar 05, 2021 Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz speaks to Minneapolis VA Hospital Director Patrick Kelly after over doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine were delivered to the hospital Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. (Aaron Lavinsky/Star Tribune via AP, Pool)