Mass Vaccination Clinic in Rochester Planned Friday and Saturday
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Rochester, MN (KROC-AM News) - A mass vaccination clinic will take place in Rochester on Friday and Saturday in an effort to reach people in the highest priority group who are still waiting to get the shot.
It will be the first mass vaccination program for COVID-19 conducted by Olmsted County Public Health, which has partnered with the Olmsted Medical Center, the Mayo Clinic, Olmsted County, the City of Rochester, and Rochester Community and Technical College. About 2200 doses of the vaccine have been obtained for home health, adult foster care, group homes, E-12 school staff, clergy making community visits, childcare providers, and health professional students doing clinicals included in the Phase 1A-3 priority group.
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Andrea Burdick gives her boys Charlie, kindergarten, and Grady, 4th grade, a kiss goodbye after dropping them off for their first day of school at Gibbs Elementary Wednesday morning. Children arrive at George Gibbs Elementary School for the first day of class Wednesday, September 2, 2020. Less than half of the student body attends on alternating days and all students and faculty wear masks as precautions against the spread of COVID-19.(Ken Klotzbach / kklotzbach@postbulletin.com)
Rochester elementary students will report to class on March 1, with no rolling start transition period from its current hybrid learning model to full-time classroom instruction.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (KTTC) The Minnesota Department of Health reported in its update on Friday that 22 more people have died from COVID-19 in the state, including two Olmsted County residents.
The Olmsted County residents who died were both in their 80s, MDH said. This brings the COVID-19 death toll in the county to 81.
Six of the 22 people who died were residents of long-term care or assisted living facilities, health officials reported.
A total of 6,273 people have died from COVID-19 in Minnesota, MDH said. The Department reported that 3,960 of those who died were residents of long-term care or assisted living facilities.