Vikings practice facility to open as vaccination site this week
By FOX 9 Staff
EAGAN, Minn. (FOX 9) - The state of Minnesota will use the Vikings’ Eagan practice facility to administer the new Johnson & Johnson vaccine doses starting this week.
Gov. Tim Walz and the Vikings announced Twin Cities Orthopedics Performance Center will play host to a new community vaccination site where approximately 13,400 doses of the new single-shot vaccine will be administered to Minnesotans ages 65 and older.
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Health care workers and people 65 and older are eligible to get the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine at the Twin Cities Orthopedics Performance Center.
On Thursday, Gov. Tim Walz announced that the state is partnering with the Minnesota Vikings on a new community vaccination event to launch Friday at Twin Cities Orthopedics (TCO) Performance Center in Eagan.
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