KSTP Created: March 06, 2021 10:27 AM
Saturday, Gov. Tim Walz highlighted the state s COVID-19 vaccine program for educators, school staff and child care workers on what turned out to be a milestone day for the state.
The governor visited a vaccination site at Mall of America with Minnesota Department of Education Deputy Commissioner Heather Mueller and marking the one-year anniversary of the first COVID-19 case documented in Minnesota reflected on the past year. It seems almost unimaginable, one year ago today at about this very hour, I was with [Minnesota Department of Health] Commissioner [Jan] Malcolm and others announcing the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in the state of Minnesota, Walz said Saturday afternoon. Three hundred sixty-five days later, over 6,500 deaths and tens of thousands of infections and a whole lot of personal sacrifice by Minnesotans.
By Pat Sweeney
Feb 24, 2021 4:44 PM
With more Minnesota schools resuming in-person learning… the state health department is asking families with kids to be tested for COVID-19 every two weeks till the end of the school year.
Assistant state health commissioner Dan Huff says it’s a recommendation, not a requirement to help protect the progress Minnesota has made in the COVID fight.
Huff says schools are not being asked to take-on the testing burden, but suggested tests could be done via the test-at-home program, community testing sites or health care providers.
Huff says more than 1,700 school buildings are registered in the state’s
While it is not a requirement, health officials say regular testing complements other safety measures already in place, such as masking and social distancing.
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