Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and other state officials have announced an outreach campaign that is focused on vaccinating workers in frontline industries, including the food industry.
Walz says the outreach effort is part of the state’s “Roll Up Your Sleeves, MN” overall campaign. This particular outreach campaign will begin with workers at restaurants, bars and breweries across the state.
Here’s the governor at a recent press conference announcing the outreach effort.
“Every worker is essential, every business matters, but these industries were hit the hardest and they are very customer facing … so we’re here to make the case … move the vaccines to those locations and encourage all food service workers to get vaccinated. One vaccine in an arm is one step closer to getting this thing done,” said Gov. Walz.
According to the latest data from the Minnesota Department of Health, more than 1.8 million Minnesotans have received at least one vaccine dose, including 83% of seniors. Nearly 1.2 million people have been fully vaccinated.
It comes as Minnesota is seeing a rise in cases of the virus, which has health officials urging vigilance and vaccination to stem the rising case rate.
Meanwhile, COVID-19 community coordinators continue efforts to get vaccine information and other resources to the state’s diverse communities, including help with transportation, housing and language barriers during the pandemic.
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