What's The Status Of COVID-19 Testing In Minnesota?
For months, we heard there weren't enough COVID-19 tests to go around. Now, health officials think people aren't getting the new message, those with symptoms can, and should, get tested.
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For months, we heard there weren't enough COVID-19 tests to go around. Now, health officials think people aren't getting the new message, those with symptoms can, and should, get tested.
Here are the latest updates in the COVID-19 pandemic.
One of the more recent victims of COVID-19 was a beloved leader in science education at the U of M.
Workers who have tested positive for COVID-19 are demanding changes at a Stearns County poultry processing plant.
It's been nearly two months since the slot machines and table games at Treasure Island fell silent. But now, plans are taking shape to safely reopen one of the state's largest Indian resorts and casinos.
Hospitals all over the state have been limited to who they have been able to test due to a lack of testing supplies, but now the supplies are here and testing sites are ready.
Allina Health says it adheres to the latest guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Minnesota Department of Health. Neither consider hospital-issued scrubs as Personal Protective Equipement (PPE).
With one week left in Gov. Tim Walz's stay-at-home order, some Republicans are trying to speed up the re-opening process.
This year would have been the 132nd for the holiday celebration. Organizers say it attracts about 100,000 visitors every year.
Currently the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention urges people to wear a cloth mask when they are in public.
An updated model from the University of Minnesota and state's health department is predicting that COVID-19 cases will peak in late-July with 25,000 deaths possible -- if the stay-at-home order is extended until the end of May.
Free community testing sites for the coronavirus opened in Milwaukee and Madison on Monday, expanding the number of locations where people can show up without an appointment to get screened for the highly contagious virus without having to leave their vehicles.
At Twin Cities Orthopedics (TCO), patients will get tested for COVID-19 two days before they're scheduled to go in for surgery. Staff members will get tested every other week, along with filling out daily health reports.
Another 528 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Minnesota and 13 more people have died.
Minnesota's neighbor to the left is making a big move to help stop the spread of COVID-19. On Monday, organizers announced that the 2020 North Dakota State Fair is officially canceled.
Pollution has dropped, at least temporarily, worldwide following COVID-19 stay-at-home orders. Now we're getting a look at how those stay-at-home orders have impacted air quality in the U.S. and more specifically the Twin Cities.
Health teams will be testing those living at a homeless encampment in Minneapolis for COVID-19.
The union representing hundreds of meatpacking workers in Minnesota says there are still safety issues at plants that reopened last week.
To celebrate Mother's Day, the Walker Methodist Care Suites staff arranged for families to have private time with their moms through a glass window in 30 minute scheduled time slots.
As the number of COVID-19 cases continues to grow in Minnesota, the office of Gov. Tim Walz and Peggy Flanagan are continuing their efforts to monitor and prevent the spread of the disease.
Wisconsin's COVID-19 death toll has reached 400, state health officials said Sunday.
Minnesota health officials announced Sunday that coronavirus (COVID-19) cases confirmed in the state has risen by 481. There are now 11,271 confirmed cases so far.
Here are the latest headlines in the COVID-19 pandemic:
A top St. Paul Educator and chairwoman is in the ICU, along with her father, connected to a ventilator battling COVID-19.
Cass and Clay counties have confirmed a combined total of 1,014 COVID-19 cases.
