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Minnesota Department of Health
March 10, 2021
Minnesotans newly eligible for COVID-19 vaccine
Governor Walz announced that Minnesota is expanding vaccine eligibility as the state reaches its goal of vaccinating 70% of Minnesotans 65 years of age and older. Starting today, more than 1.8 million Minnesotans will become eligible to receive a vaccine.
Providers have been directed to prioritize people in the first of these phases.
- Minnesotans with specific underlying medical conditions: Sickle cell disease, Down Syndrome, or oxygen-dependent chronic lung or heart conditions, and those who are in active cancer treatment or immunocompromised from organ transplant.
- Targeted essential workers: Food processing plant workers.
- Minnesotans with rare conditions or disabilities that put them at higher risk of severe illness.
Providers will then have the flexibility to provide available appointments to other eligible Minnesotans.
- Minnesotans age 45 years and older with one or more underlying medical conditions.*
- Minnesotans age 16 years and older with two or more underlying medical conditions.*
- Minnesotans age 50 years and older in multi-generational housing.
- Essential frontline workers: Agricultural, airport staff, additional child care workers not previously eligible, correctional settings, first responders, food production, food retail, food service, judicial system workers, manufacturing, public health workers, public transit, and U.S. Postal Service workers.
All Minnesotans who have not received a vaccine should sign up for the Minnesota COVID-19 Vaccine Connector to get regular updates on vaccine availability and eligibility. In some cases, health care providers or employers will have more information for patients or employees on vaccine availability.
Learn more:
New community vaccination sites
As part of the State of Minnesota’s COVID-19 Community Vaccination Program, Governor Walz announced new community vaccination sites at Twin Cities Orthopedics (TCO) Performance Center in Eagan and Roy Wilkins Auditorium in Saint Paul last week.
These large-scale, permanent sites will join sites in Minneapolis, Duluth, Rochester, and Bloomington.
Approximately 13,400 Johnson & Johnson doses were administered at TCO Performance Center to health care workers and adults 65 years of age or older in its first week.
Approximately 5,850 Pfizer doses were administered at Roy Wilkins Auditorium to adults 65 years of age or older and pre-kindergarten through grade 12 educators, school staff, and child care workers in its first week.
Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) materials
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The situation is changing rapidly. Visit Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) for the most up-to-date information and follow MDH on Facebook, Twitter, & Instagram to stay informed.
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