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COVID-19: Coverage of the pandemic from MPR News

The latest news, resources, guides and tips to help you stay up to date on the coronavirus pandemic.

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Minneapolis, St. Paul, Duluth end masking orders for city buildings

Minneapolis, St. Paul, Duluth end masking orders for city buildings

Officials in the three cities said they dropped the masking orders based on the state’s rapidly falling COVID numbers as well as guidance from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
by Andrew Krueger

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The quality, cost and future of long-term care in Minnesota 

The quality, cost and future of long-term care in Minnesota 

COVID-19 hit nursing homes hard at the beginning of the pandemic and now many of them can’t find enough workers to care for vulnerable older adults. Host Angela Davis talked about the cost, quality and future of long-term care in Minnesota.
by Angela Davis, Maja Beckstrom and Sarah Gelbard

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As COVID cases plummet, students take off their masks

As COVID cases plummet, students take off their masks

Rochester Public Schools is the latest district to relax its masking requirements, making them mandatory only under specific circumstances. For one family, choosing to mask now is a matter of individual choice.
by Catharine Richert

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Osterholm: A blueprint on moving to the 'next normal' in pandemic

Osterholm: A blueprint on moving to the 'next normal' in pandemic

A bipartisan group of scientists and health and policy experts calling themselves the COVID roadmap group are releasing a blueprint Monday on how we could move into what they call “the next normal.” A member of that group is Michael Osterholm, the head of the University of Minnesota Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy.
by Cathy Wurzer

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