Minnesota News At least 51 people have been sickened by measles in Minnesota since May, with nearly one quarter of them ending up hospitalized, according to data from the Minnesota Department of Health.
Nearly all the cases are in Hennepin County, and MPR News reports that most are among unvaccinated children in the Somali community.
Overall childhood vaccination rates in the state are down since the pandemic, according to the Department of Health, with fewer than 90% of kindergartners up-to-date on their polio, MMR, DTaP, and varicella (chickenpox) shots. Prior to 2020 those rates were all closer to 95%.