Vaccine pilot program set up to train counties for mass vaccinations Vaccine pilot program set up to train counties for mass vaccinations By Lauren Andrego | January 19, 2021 at 11:31 PM CST - Updated January 19 at 11:50 PM MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) — Nine counties across Minnesota will soon begin a COVID-19 vaccination pilot program, and North Mankato will host one of those sites. Just hours after registration opened Tuesday, demand far outpaced the doses available. But health officials want you to know the point of this pilot program is not to vaccinate every person over age 65. “This is not a true mass vaccine clinic,” Nicollet County Public Health and Human Services Director Cassandra Sassenberg said. “It’s really intended to get started, but really to learn.”