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Minnesota COVID Vaccine Sign up and How to Use Vaccine Connector Tool

The Minnesota Department of Wellness has launched a tool to help residents go a COVID-nineteen vaccine.

Dubbed the Vaccine Connector, the organisation will inform residents when they are eligible to receive the jab and connect them with the resources they need to volume an appointment. It can also notify them when vaccination opportunities come up upwardly in their local area.

Minnesota officials stress that vaccine supply remains limited and will take time to distribute amid the population in the coming weeks.

A website has been created to host the portal. Information technology asks residents to submit their demographic details—including race, gender and age—alongside contact information and relevant medical history.

After the data has been submitted, residents will exist sent a confirmation e-mail to ostend their registration.

The health department site explains: "When the information you lot provided suggests yous might exist eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, y'all will receive information on vaccine opportunities in your area and how to schedule your appointment. If you don't take an email address, you volition be notified via text bulletin or phone telephone call."

The tool is intended for residents who have not notwithstanding been vaccinated—and those who are already on a community vaccination or pilot programme are not required to sign up.

In Minnesota, COVID vaccines are being distributed to residents aged 65 or over, health care workers, care home staff and residents, child care workers and people working in pre-kindergarten through adult and community education.

Health officials take said eligible people exercise non demand to expect for an alert from the Vaccine Connector and should take whatever offered opportunity to get the jab.

Minnesotans aged 65 and older can also use the health department'due south Vaccine Locator map. Those who are pre-registered for the state'due south customs vaccination program will be notified by email, text or phone if they are randomly selected for an date at 1 of the community vaccination clinics in Minneapolis, Duluth and Rochester.

The website adds: "The state is also continuing to partner with hundreds of local medical providers and pharmacies to provide shots to Minnesotans aged 65 and older.

"If y'all are over age 65, you can also contact your regular provider directly."

The state'southward full distribution plan can be found on the Minnesota COVID response website. The commencement phase, known equally 1a, is aimed at targeting the people well-nigh at risk of infection.

Co-ordinate to the wellness section, at that place have been at to the lowest degree 476,292 cases of COVID in the state and more than half-dozen,400 deaths.

More than 710,000 Minnesota residents have been administered at to the lowest degree one vaccine dose, with over 264,000 people having received both doses.

Residents with questions nearly the online organisation or in need of linguistic communication assist can call the Minnesota COVID-nineteen Vaccine Connector hotline on 833-431-2053.

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