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Minnesota health department recommends flu, COVID vaccination during holiday season

On Thursday, Dec. 18, the Minnesota Department of Health recommended Minnesotans receive COVID-19, influenza and RSV vaccines this winter amid rising respiratory activity.
Rising COVID-19 and RSV cases mean the Minnesota Department of Health is monitoring statewide increases while flu hospitalizations have more than doubled since Thanksgiving.
MDH advised that infants and certain adults face higher risk, recommending RSV vaccines for infants, adults age 65 and older, and pregnant people if not previously vaccinated.
A state webpage lists vaccine locations and clinics are administering COVID-19 vaccines, shown by Jack Juutilainen preparing Bentley Trageser at Olmsted Medical Center's Southeast Clinic in Rochester.
People age 6 months and older can receive the latest COVID and influenza immunizations, and the newsroom 'staff' byline notes periodic coverage.

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Minnesota health department recommends flu, COVID vaccination during holiday season

ST. PAUL — The Minnesota Department of Health on Thursday, Dec. 18, recommended that Minnesotans receive their COVID-19, influenza and RSV vaccines this winter, as respiratory disease activity increases. "Now is the time to get vaccinated — it’s not too late," Dr. Brooke Cunningham, Minnesota's health commissioner, said in a news release. "Don’t risk missing out on gatherings and celebrations or, maybe worse, spreading a respiratory disease to a…

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