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The cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, along with several businesses, will keep mask requirements in place even though Gov. Tim Walz signed an executive order Friday ending the statewide mask mandate.
For the near future at least, Minnesotans are likely to face a patchwork of different rules about mask-wearing, making the face covering still an essential item to carry in cars, pockets, purses or backpacks when needed to gain entry beyond the Masks are required sign.
At a time when case growth, test positivity rates and hospitalization rates have been decreasing but remain above cautionary levels set by state health officials, the removal of mask mandates could set the stage for more infections in those places where masks are few and far between.
The Minnesota Department of Health is urging state residents continue to take the pandemic seriously as the mask mandate is lifted. Among those still vulnerable, are children under the age of 12 who are not eligible for the vaccine .
Minnesota gets creative in COVID-19 vaccine outreach Dwindling demand forces new approaches to boost immunization numbers. May 8, 2021 6:19pm Text size Copy shortlink:
In Duluth, they re offering vaccine shots in the downtown bus depot.
In St. Paul, volunteer physicians are working with a local brewery on a pop-up event that rewards those who get vaccinated with a free beer.
And in the northwest metro, an Elk River clinic is offering shots to patients as they seek help for other health care needs.
The strategies are meant to persuade Minnesota s unvaccinated to finally get their shots at a time when the pace of COVID-19 immunizations has slowed significantly. Since early April, the statewide average for first doses administered has fallen from about 40,000 per day to fewer than 14,000 at the end of last week, according to the Star Tribune s vaccination tracker.
Sen. Klobuchar was joined by health officials with Stairstep Foundation on Sunday afternoon to talk about efforts to combat COVID-19 vaccine disinformation.