After Half-A-Year, Mask Mandates Return To Minneapolis, St. Paul
It's been seven months since mask mandates were lifted in Minnesota, but now they are back in the state's two biggest cities.
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It's been seven months since mask mandates were lifted in Minnesota, but now they are back in the state's two biggest cities.
Nearly 20% of all job vacancies in Minnesota are in health care. From hospitals to long-term care, 40,000 positions are open right now.
In the next few days the state is opening new testing sites in Anoka, Cottage Grove and North Branch and increasing the capacity at St Paul's Roy Wilkins Auditorium by 50%.
There have been 13 deaths since the start of the 2021-22 flu season, one of which was considered a pediatric case (among those below 18 years of age).
Health officials on Thursday reported a seven-day average positivity rate of 14.6% as of the end of December, a figure not seen since the thick of the fall 2020 wave of COVID-19.
On New Year's Day, it went down as the coldest NHL Winter Classic yet. Lamawn Siul, 18, enjoyed one of the best views in Target Field as one of the members of Vocal Essence, the Twin Cities youth group that performed the national anthem.
Two Minnesota colleges are taking new steps to try and keep COVID-19 infection rates low on campus.
By now, you've probably tried a handful of different masks, but it might be time to shop around.
A day after an announced expansion in COVID-19 testing capacity statewide, Minnesota health officials on Wednesday reported 71 additional deaths and 4,149 more virus cases.
Waste Management says it affects about 5,000 households in 15 different cities.
Mayo Clinic now confirms it fired 700 employees Tuesday who did not comply with its policy to get vaccinated against COVID-19 by Monday.
"It does give our body a chance to reset, and it also gives our mind some time to really look at like 'Why was I doing this in the first place?'" addiction expert Katherine Anschutz said.
"We have been seeing the highest number of admissions of patients with COVID than we have throughout this entire pandemic," said Children's Minnesota Infection Preventionist Joe Kurland.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Tuesday announced that COVID-19 testing capacity is expanding statewide.
Booster shots offer more protection against omicron, which means a positive case will likely lead to no symptoms or symptoms that are mild.
