COVID-19: Coverage of the pandemic from MPR News

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Pregnant women worry about pandemic's impact on labor, delivery and babies
As pregnant women and their doctors consider how the COVID-19 crisis is affecting pregnancy and care, maternity wards across the country are reconsidering policies on deliveries and visitors.
Amazon, Instacart grocery delivery workers strike for coronavirus protection and pay
Amazon workers in New York and Instacart workers nationwide plan to walk off their jobs Monday. They want more access to paid sick leave as well as protective gear and other safety measures.
March 30 update on COVID-19 in Minnesota: 10 dead, 24 in ICU; cases jump to 576
Officials are working now on plans to build out space across the state that could accommodate a surge of COVID-19 patients. More than half of Minnesota's counties now have confirmed cases of COVID-19 as the state moves into its first workweek of stay-at-home orders.
Addiction recovery organizations scramble to keep treating patients
As social distancing takes hold, along with the governor’s order to stay home, recovery organizations are racing to figure out how to keep treating patients during the coronavirus outbreak. Some places — from Hazelden Betty Ford to Alcoholics Anonymous — are moving their groups online. But others are still looking for how best to serve their clients.
Authority: Stranded ships begin transiting Panama Canal
The Panama Canal Authority says two cruise ships carrying more than 1,800 passengers and crew stranded off the Central American country and hoping to reach port in Florida had begun the process of transiting the canal.