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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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Daily Dose of Sweetness: Ms. Rosemary’s surprise birthday

Daily Dose of Sweetness: Ms. Rosemary’s surprise birthday

Rosemary Nevils was not expecting much of a celebration for her 71st birthday. Little did she know that her daughter and friend had a surprise in store for her. Just after 3 in the afternoon on Wednesday, a line of cars paraded in front of her St. Paul home with horns honking and classic party anthems from James Brown thumped.
by Evan Frost

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JBS plant employees get drive-through COVID-19 testing

JBS plant employees get drive-through COVID-19 testing

Sanford Clinic Worthington and the Minnesota Department of Health set up the site in just a few days this week to test employees of the JBS pork processing plant, where several dozen workers and their families have already tested positive for the highly contagious disease.
by Hannah Yang

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Trump: 'We are getting through this challenge'

Trump: 'We are getting through this challenge'

At a short briefing Friday afternoon at the White House, President Trump touted the federal government's "aggressive strategy," saying "we are getting through this challenge together as one American family."
by Alana Wise

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FDA warns against use of drugs hailed as 'game changers'

FDA warns against use of drugs hailed as 'game changers'

The agency said Friday that using hydroxychloroquine and a related compound, chloroquine, for COVID-19 may cause life-threatening side effects. That warning contradicts the president's own enthusiasm.
by Colin Dwyer and Joe Neel

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'Our contingency plan is panic': Farmers enter planting season amid low prices, COVID-19

'Our contingency plan is panic': Farmers enter planting season amid low prices, COVID-19

Planting is getting underway in Minnesota, but the pandemic has knocked down crop prices — and the virus threat has farmers like Betsy Jensen on edge during the busy spring season.
by Dan Gunderson

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Minnesota’s schools won’t reopen this academic year: Here’s what you need to know

Minnesota’s schools won’t reopen this academic year: Here’s what you need to know

Students across Minnesota have been out of the classroom since the middle of March — first on an extended break, then studying from home in distance-learning mode — because of the COVID-19 pandemic. And they won’t return this academic year. 
by Elizabeth Shockman

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Don't inject disinfectants, Lysol warns as Trump raises idea

Don't inject disinfectants, Lysol warns as Trump raises idea

The president noted Thursday that researchers were looking at the effects of disinfectants on the virus and wondered aloud if they could be injected into people, saying the virus "does a tremendous number on the lungs, so it would be interesting to check that."
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