Minnetonka To Hold Meeting On Possible Mask Mandate
Another city in the metro is considering a mask mandate amid the current spike in COVID-19 cases.
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Another city in the metro is considering a mask mandate amid the current spike in COVID-19 cases.
Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon is the latest public official in the state to test positive for COVID-19.
COVID-19 tests aren't always easy to find. That's why there's a big push to bring rapid tests straight to families in north Minneapolis, where one local group took matters into their own hands to offer one-of-a-kind testing.
Minnesota Department of Health Commissioner Jan Malcolm said people could expect to see disruptions in multiple services as the more contagious Omicron variant spreads throughout Minnesota.
Officials with the agency said Tuesday that the pandemic and its "ongoing hiring challenges" are hampering the timeliness and quality of its paratransit services.
Minnesota's average positivity rate has now hit 19.1%, shattering records as the state grapples with the spreading Omicron variant.
Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman is calling for compliance with OSHA's COVID-19 vaccination and testing rules among House employees and interns.
Another Twin Cities school district is switching to distance learning, citing rising COVID-19 cases and staffing shortages.
"When 1,500 people a day are dying, when our healthcare systems are literally breaking, no longer just bending, nothing can be fast enough," Dr. Michael Osterholm said. "Nothing."
The Omicron surge means at least one show won't go on at Minnesota's most renowned theater.
Doctors in central Minnesota say they have seen COVID-19 cases spike 250% in recent weeks. Now, the health care workers are making a desperate plea to policy-makers.
Parents, teachers and districts are facing myriad challenges as the omicron variant continues to surge. It's become a perfect storm of COVID, cold weather, and bus driver shortages, all leaving a cloud of uncertainty over the state's largest school districts.
"You know, I'm used to emergencies. It's different when it's your own child," ICU nurse Katrina Hull said.
The latest figures from the Minnesota Department of Health place the total case count at 1,075,028, which includes 19,390 reinfections. Since the start of the pandemic, 10,810 Minnesotans have died from the virus.
Minneapolis Public Schools will move to online learning Monday and close all of its building, citing cold weather and COVID-19 as reasons for the shift.
As many kids have been home more than usual this winter from daycare or school exposures, parents are trying to keep their kids busy and healthy this winter.
Experts say the worst of the entire pandemic is still to come.
Students in Fridley will go back to online learning starting Monday.
The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis has announced that nearly two dozen Twin Cities priests have tested positive for COVID-19 and will not be able to hold Mass Sunday.
As omicron cases spike in Minnesota and across the country, the U.S. Supreme Court takes up the mandate requiring millions of workers to be vaccinated.
As more Minnesotans seek to get COVID-19 tests following the holidays and the rise of the omicron variant, the state's health department reports the highest average rolling positivity rate the state has seen since the start of the pandemic, at 15.6%.
Mel Reeves, a longtime activist in the Twin Cities, died Thursday due to complications from COVID-19. He was 64 years old.
The clinic will be at Inwood Oaks in Oakdale, on the 400 block of Inwood Avenue North, and it will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sundays, and from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. Mondays and Tuesdays.
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.
