Efforts by African immigrant health care professionals in Minnesota to create COVID-19 awareness in their community continue. On Saturday, it was the Igbo Women League of Minnesota (IWL) hosting a COVID-19 vaccination and education at Brooklyn United Methodist Church in Brooklyn Center. The event, which IWL organized in partnership with the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH), encouraged members of...
The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) works in partnership with communities to provide safe and free on-site COVID-19 vaccines.
Completing your primary vaccination series and getting a booster dose when due remains the most important way to protect yourself and others from COVID-19. COVID-19 vaccines continue to be very good at preventing severe disease, hospitalization, and death. Make sure you...
Updated December 8, 2022
Total positive including reinfections: 1,719,549
Total deaths: 13,773
Total cases requiring hospitalization: 77,591
Total cases hospitalized in ICU: 13,267
Numbers are cumulative since Jan. 20, 2020.
The number of lab-confirmed positive tests among Minnesota residents will be updated weekly on Situation Update for COVID-19 with data as of 4 a.m. on the Tuesday prior. The page also includes...
President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud of Somalia will speak at the Minneapolis Convention Center on Thursday, December 15 after attending a U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit that President Biden is hosting in Washington starting Tuesday that involves 48 African leaders.
According to Hashi Shafi, the executive director of Civic Ark, a civic engagement non-profit and chair of the host committee, President Mohamud’s visit...
Africa is a major geopolitical player and boasts some of the world’s fastest-growing economies.
From December 13 to December 15, President Biden will host the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit. The three-day Washington event will bring together leaders from across the African continent to discuss bold, practical ways to strengthen ties and advance shared priorities.
“I look forward to working with African governments,...
EARLE, Ark. (AP) — An 18-year-old college student has been elected to serve as mayor of a small east Arkansas city, becoming one of the youngest people to serve as a city’s top leader in the U.S.
Jaylen Smith, who is Black, was elected mayor of Earle in Tuesday’s runoff election, winning 235 votes to Nemi Matthews’ 183, according to...
The Nov. 18 fatal shooting of 17-year-old Syoka Siko has brought the African community in the Twin Cities together to try and find a solution to what leaders say is an increasing trend of gun violence. On Thursday, the Organization of Liberians in Minnesota (OLM) hosted politicians, religious leaders, and concerned parents at Ebenezer Community Church in Brooklyn Park...
Fanaka Nation brings hip hop and World-music sounds together when he performs. He’ll host a dance party at The Cedar Cultural Center in Minneapolis on December 10th. By then, we’ll be two weeks into the snow, ice, and wind and ready to move at the very least to the music of this African-fused rapper and also to the music...
The African Career, Education & Resources, Incorporated (ACER) brought together community members Saturday in Brooklyn Park for a day of fun, food and opportunities to learn how to be proactive about their health.
Dubbed Winter Family Day, the event was held at Zanewood Recreation Center in the suburban city outside Minneapolis and included COVID-19 vaccinations.
“This is part of our ongoing...
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The head of Africa’s top public health institute is urging authorities across the continent to step up COVID-19 testing amid a concerning rise in new cases in some countries.
The continent of 1.3 billion people saw a 37% rise in new cases over the past week, Ahmed Ogwell, acting director of the Africa Centers for Disease...
A year after omicron began its assault on humanity, the ever-morphing coronavirus mutant drove COVID-19 case counts higher in many places just as Americans gathered for Thanksgiving. It was a prelude to a wave that experts expect to soon wash over the U.S.
Phoenix-area emergency physician Dr. Nicholas Vasquez said his hospital admitted a growing number of chronically ill people...
