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Montgomery: State lawmakers have inched closer to approving a ban on so-called vaccine passports that would require proof of COVID-19 vaccination to access services from a business or state agency. The House Health Committee voted Wednesday to send the bill to House of Representatives for a vote. It has already cleared the Senate. The bill contains a number of exceptions. Surgeons, dentists, medical institutions, hospitals and other health care providers are exempted. Universities could still require students to receive a vaccine; however, there would be exceptions for vaccines approved for “emergency use” by the FDA, as is the case with all three COVID-19 vaccines given in the United States thus far. The idea of vaccine passports is to have a document that shows a person has been inoculated against COVID-19. Federal officials say there are no plans to make them broadly mandatory, but some Republican governors have issued orders b
Minnesota health officials held a media availability Thursday. Watch a stream here.
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ST. PAUL The Minnesota Department of Health held a conference call to brief members of the media on the latest public health information regarding COVID-19 on Thursday, April 22.
Speakers included MDH Commissioner Jan Malcolm, Minnesota Department of Education Commissioner Heather Mueller and Dr. Brooke Moore, pediatric pulmonologist at Children s Respiratory and Critical Care Specialists.
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ST. CLOUD Of the 1,973 new confirmed and probable COVID-19 cases reported across the state Thursday, 65 were in Stearns County, 67 were in Sherburne County and 32 were in Benton County, according to a daily report from the Minnesota Department of Health.
According to Thursday s report, 10 more Minnesotans have died from COVID-19.
Since the start of the pandemic, Stearns County has reported 21,264 cases of COVID-19 and 219 deaths, Sherburne County has reported 10,794 cases and 80 deaths, and Benton County has reported 5,398 cases and 97 deaths, according to the report.
Statewide, the number of people who tested positive for COVID-19 reached 562,420 on Thursday and 7,054 people have died, according to the health department.
Minnesota health officials held a media availability Thursday. Watch a stream here.
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Forum News Service | 10:30 am, Apr. 22, 2021 ×
ST. PAUL The Minnesota Department of Health held a conference call to brief members of the media on the latest public health information regarding COVID-19 on Thursday, April 22.
Speakers included MDH Commissioner Jan Malcolm, Minnesota Department of Education Commissioner Heather Mueller and Dr. Brooke Moore, pediatric pulmonologist at Children s Respiratory and Critical Care Specialists.
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