Beltrami County Public Health is now tracking 90 active cases as the vaccine rollout takes shape regionally. 2:31 pm, Jan. 8, 2021 ×
BEMIDJI About three weeks have passed since the first vaccines were administered in the Bemidji area and slowly, but surely, doses are getting out area residents.
The phase is labeled 1A by the Minnesota Department of Health. Phase 1B will be next with additional frontline essential workers and adults aged 75 and above. Then, 1C will include adults ages 65-74, as well as people ages 16-64 with medical conditions. Other essential workers will be included in 1C, too. The vaccine is coming into the state from several different channels, said Beltrami County Public Health Director Cynthia Borgen. For our Indian Health Service partners, it s coming directly through the federal government. It comes through the state to our health care providers, and also there are small portions going to local public health offices. At some point, as part