Efforts underway to counter misinformation on COVID-19 vaccines in St. Cloud’s Somali American community
Early in the pandemic, Stearns County became a hotspot for COVID-19 after an outbreak at a local meatpacking plant, which employs many Somali American workers. The county has had more than 17,000 positive cases of the virus and more than 170 deaths since the start of the pandemic.
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Dr. Bashir Moallin waits as nurse Jane Bagley administers his second dose of the COVID-19 vaccination Friday at the St. Cloud Hospital. Paul Middlestaedt for MPR News
ST. CLOUD, Minn. Mohayadin Mohamed knows firsthand the devastating impacts of the coronavirus.