Coronavirus Updates: Many Non-Essential Minn. Businesses Reopening With COVID-19 Safety Plans
For the first time in more than a month, up to 100,000 Minnesotans could be returning to work Monday.
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For the first time in more than a month, up to 100,000 Minnesotans could be returning to work Monday.
The practice of social distancing has been encouraged nationwide since the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus in order to slow the spread of the disease.
As obstacles arise a local professor is helping teachers around the world by creating a virtual classroom of their own.
Beloved Twin Cities jazz pianist Nachito Herrera is thankful to be alive after spending more than two weeks in the ICU with COVID-19.
The closure of several Midwest pork processing plants is forcing hog farmers to make tough decisions in the days ahead.
Gov. Tim Walz's executive order allows certain out-of-state healthcare professionals to come into Minnesota and work temporarily -- but the Minnesota Nurses Association says there are plenty of out-of-work nurses here.
"We're shutting down an entire country for this and it's just absurd we're losing our freedom," Mike Wanschura said.
Emily Koivisto's gift to the people in her photographs is a moment of escape. She and another photographer friend have visited dozens of hospitals, and taken hundreds of photos.
Essentia Health has expanded its testing criteria to include all patients who show symptoms of COVID-19, effective immediately.
Most of those businesses being allowed to operate next week include manufacturers and offices that don't have face-to-face interaction with clients.
When concerns about the emerging novel coronavirus first landed at Delta in early February, the Atlanta-based carrier turned to a small St. Louis Park company.
Earlier in the week, Walz announced the state reached a partnership with the University of Minnesota and the Mayo Clinic to increase testing capacity to up to 20,000 tests per day.
Jennie-O Turkey Store announced it will be temporarily pausing operations at both of its facilities in Willmar, Minnesota due to COVID-19 concerns.
President Donald Trump on Friday signed a $480 billion package to deliver aid to small businesses, hospitals and to expand COVID-19 testing.
The number of lab-confirmed COVID-19 cases surged above 3,000 Friday as health officials reported a daily high of 243 more cases and 21 more fatalities.
