St. Cloud Opens Permanent Community COVID Vaccination Site
ST. CLOUD Called a game changer a new COVID-19 community vaccination site has opened in St. Cloud.
The River s Edge Convention Center will now be the permanent site for large-scale vaccinations within central Minnesota.
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Dr. Myles Spar is the National Medical Director for Vault Health who is administering the vaccines. He says their goal is to vaccination 1,000 people per week in downtown St. Cloud.
We try and really focus on access to the vaccine and making it easy for people. So when the state tells us a group is eligible, we re very efficient in making sure those people know that, how to register and they get in and get out.
ST. CLOUD The River s Edge Convention Center once again opened as a state-run COVID-19 vaccination clinic Wednesday, and the site s operators hope to remain open for weekly appointments as long as we re needed. We re here basically until Minnesota says we don t need to be here anymore, said Vault Health National Medical Director Myles Spar. Vault Health has been running testing sites during the COVID-19 pandemic. The site in River s Edge is the vendor s fifth it has opened in partnership with the state.
Gov. Tim Walz was expected to visit the site Wednesday, however his appearance was postponed after an exposure to a positive COVID-19 case, according to a release from the governor s office.
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