Minnesota prepares to vaccinate next generation Minnesota prepares to vaccinate next generation By Kelsey Barchenger | May 12, 2021 at 1:17 PM CDT - Updated May 12 at 1:18 PM MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) - The CDC expected to make its final approval Wednesday to vaccinate kids ages 12 and up. That’s nearly 300,000 pre-teens in Minnesota. Kids will get the same vaccine dosage as adults with similar side effects expected. Experts say private schools, camps or businesses could mandate the vaccine for kids, but not the state or public schools, for now. “Every state has a different school entry law if we were going to require [COVID-19 vaccine] it would be written into that state law,” says Patsy Stinchfield, Children’s Minnesota Senior Director.