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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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Different coronavirus models are starting to agree: 110,000 dead by June 6

Different coronavirus models are starting to agree: 110,000 dead by June 6

Projections of deaths from COVID-19 vary wildly. How are we to make sense of the differences? One researcher has developed one model that compares and merges them all.
by Nurith Aizenman and Sean McMinn

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May 13 update on COVID-19 in MN: Walz ending stay-home order, keeping dine-out ban

May 13 update on COVID-19 in MN: Walz ending stay-home order, keeping dine-out ban

Minnesota is moving to a new phase in its COVID-19 battle that will let more businesses welcome customers back inside. But while the stay-at-home order is ending, “we’re not flipping a switch and everything’s going back to normal at once,” Walz cautioned in his broadcast address.
by Brian Bakst

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Pressure on Walz grows as COVID-19 orders set to expire

Pressure on Walz grows as COVID-19 orders set to expire

Amid political pressure and outright defiance, Gov. Tim Walz must decide whether he will maintain restrictions aimed at containing COVID-19 or ease off of them. He plans to speak to Minnesotans in a live address at 6 p.m.
by Brian Bakst

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'There was so little information': Polio survivors offer pandemic perspective

The children and preteens of the U.S. polio epidemic of the 1940s and '50s are once again in a high-risk group, this time for coronavirus. They recall their experiences and the parallels to today.
by Apoorva Mittal

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Despite early warnings, U.S. took months to expand swab production for COVID-19 test

Despite early warnings, U.S. took months to expand swab production for COVID-19 test

Widespread testing for COVID-19 is still not happening in the U.S. Although experts have been urging the federal government since February, it took until late April to ramp up production.
by Sacha Pfeiffer, Meg Anderson and Barbara Van Woerkom

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