State, With Support From Epidemiologist Osterholm, Requests Delay Of George Floyd Trials
The State of Minnesota is once again requesting a delay in the trials for the former officers involved in the death of George Floyd.
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The State of Minnesota is once again requesting a delay in the trials for the former officers involved in the death of George Floyd.
The state's new COVID vaccine pilot program kicked off at noon on Tuesday, and though appointments were available to anyone 65 and older, the online sign-up faltered, overwhelmed by interest.
The state says that education staff eligible for the pilot program vaccines can also include employees who contract through schools like bus drivers.
After young elementary school students returned to classrooms Tuesday in the state's largest district, Minnesota health officials reported 922 new cases of COVID-19 and six more deaths, bringing the state's death toll closer to 6,000.
Minnesota's largest school district began transitioning students back to in-person learning this week.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz announced Monday a pilot program that'll launch this week to begin inoculating select educators, child care workers and Minnesotans ages 65 and older against COVID-19.
Of the nearly 8,000 patients who tested positive for COVID-19 and were treated at Mayo Clinic from March 1 to July 31, 897 were hospitalized, 354 in the ICU.
Before officials are expected to give an update on the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, Minnesota health officials on Monday reported 980 more virus cases and 12 more deaths.
Wisconsin's top health official, who has led the state throughout the coronavirus pandemic, is leaving for a job with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under President-elect Joe Biden.
Wisconsin health officials on Sunday confirmed 1,606 new cases of the coronavirus, out of nearly 7,000 people tested in the last day.
As Minnesota healthcare systems work to figure out how to keep up COVID-19 vaccine supplies, state health officials reported Sunday 1,364 new cases of the virus and 40 more deaths.
The Department of Health says with only one dose, there could be greater potential for mutations to occur in the virus.
A Minnesota health institute will be studying how the COVID-19 vaccine impacts pregnant women.
DHS reported 1,937 new cases of the disease on Saturday, bringing the total of positive cases in Wisconsin to 520,188 since the pandemic began.
South Dakota is looking to build on one of the nation's fastest COVID-19 vaccinations rollouts so far by making vaccines available to a much larger group of people, though some health care providers are cautioning that vulnerable people in rural areas could be left behind in the rush.
