COVID-19 Vaccine Information

The U.S. has given full approval to the COVID-19 vaccine made by Pfizer.

The Mayo Clinic is responding to rising COVID cases and hospitalizations.

The latest response to the Delta variant.

As more companies are starting to require vaccines for their employees, for those that are quitting or being fired they may not qualify for unemployment.

Most of the counties in southeastern Minnesota now have the same rating.

The requirement also applies to vaccinated people.

Olmsted County has joined the list of Minnesota counties where the community transmission of COVID-19 has risen to a level that carries a recommendation for the indoor use of face coverings.

The policy requires all Mayo Clinic employees to be fully vaccinated by mid-September.

The Rochester area has reached another milestone when it comes to COVID-19 vaccinations.

Allina Health says the flu shot will be mandatory for all employees, starting this flu season.

Only 20 new cases were reported in the Rochester area last week.

The last time the weekly count of new cases was this low was the second week of the pandemic.

Over 95,000 people in the Rochester area have completed or started their vaccinations against the virus.

The high percent of Olmsted County residents who have been vaccinated was credited.

A couple of milestones were reached Friday in the Rochester area's COVID-19 vaccination effort.