MANKATO — The advice from public health officials is a familiar refrain: Get vaccinated, cover your mouth when you cough, wash your hands and stay home if you’re feeling sick.
Dec 22, 2020
The Minnesota Department of Health s testing lab handles samples of COVID-19. Courtesy Minnesota Department of Health
MANKATO â A new shipment of COVID-19 vaccines is expected to arrive in Minnesota Wednesday, which would pave the way for immunizations to begin at area long-term care residents before the end of the month.
Long-term care residents, whoâve accounted for most of the stateâs COVID deaths, are in the â1Aâ group of people being prioritized for the vaccine. Frontline health workers in the Mankato area, also in the 1A group, began receiving Pfizer vaccines Monday.
Residents in long-term care or assisted living facilities would be set to next receive vaccines from another manufacturer, Moderna.