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Health
Limited testing leaves many sick Minnesotans without answers
Due to persistent testing shortages, thousands of Minnesotans with flu-like symptoms haven’t been able to get tested for the coronavirus. MPR News host Tom Crann talked to one Minnesotan who has COVID-19-like symptoms but will likely not know for certain if she has been infected with the virus.
Sioux Falls, S.D. officials respond to Smithfield pork plant outbreak
The Smithfield Foods plant in Sioux Falls will close for three days this weekend after becoming a cluster of coronavirus transmission. Health officials say about 80 employees have tested positive for COVID-19. The union representing those workers says that number is closer to 120.
Hospitals cut pay, furlough workers to ease COVID-19 financial blow
Across the state, hospitals are making cost-cutting measures to shoulder the blow of a temporary ban on elective surgeries and procedures. Together, hospitals are predicting a $3 billion loss over the next three months.