Created: January 26, 2021 05:40 PM
Last week, Jenny Bauer had a less than enjoyable experience trying to get her 72-year-old father signed up for a COVID-19 vaccine. I kept getting error messages, said Bauer, as she recalls of her attempt.
Bauer also tried again this week. I got on at 5:01 a.m. and it said I was 5,698th in line. It said the wait was going to be over an hour, she said.
n this undated file photo issued by the University of Oxford, a volunteer is administered the coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University, in Oxford, England. With major COVID-19 vaccines showing high levels of protection, British officials are cautiously and they stress cautiously optimistic that life may start returning to normal by early April. Even before regulators have approved a single vaccine, the U.K. and countries across Europe are moving quickly to organize the distribution and delivery systems needed to inoculate millions of citizens.
During the state's regularly scheduled COVID-19 briefing Tuesday, state health officials discussed the new variants that were recently discovered in Minnesota, as well as where the state is at in the vaccine rollout .
Registrations open for second week of community vaccination clinics. Written By: Matthew Guerry | ×
A coronavirus graphic.
Courtesy of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
ST. PAUL Minnesota health officials on Tuesday, Jan. 26, advised residents to be cautious about traveling and to keep following public health recommendations now that the COVID-19 mutation first identified in Brazil has been discovered in the state.
Continuing to practice social distancing and wearing face masks, the officials said, could help limit the spread of the new and more transmissible strain. It could also help to prevent another mutation from occurring, according to Minnesota Department of Health Epidemiologist Dr. Ruth Lynfield.
(KNSI) - Pre-registration remains open for seniors, school staff and child care employees who want to schedule a COVID-19 vaccination at one of Minnes.
More than 200K older Minnesotans pre-registered for vaccine appointment lottery this week
State officials announced the switch to a lottery system less than a week after they announced the opening of the clinics, which are intended to help quicken the pace of Minnesota s inoculation campaign. Older Minnesotans last week signed up for appointments on a first-come, first-served basis. Written By: Matthew Guerry | ×
A coronavirus graphic.
Courtesy of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
ST. PAUL Elderly Minnesotans signed up by the thousands this week for a lottery system meant to distribute doses of the vaccine for COVID-19 in an equitable fashion.