Essential workers mark 1 year since COVID-19 declared a national emergency
Essential workers gathered on Saturday to reflect on one year since COVID-19 was declared a national emergency.
(FOX 9)
ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) - Saturday, March 13 marked a milestone: one year since the declaration of a national emergency because of COVID-19.
"This year, the last year, was really long for me. [It] has been a nightmare," frontline worker Elia Starkweather said.
Essential workers mark 1 year since COVID-19 declared a national emergency
Saturday, March 13 marked a milestone: one year since the declaration of a national emergency because of COVID-19.
Also this week, Gov. Tim Walz announced an expansion of COVID-19 vaccine availability in Minnesota, with the potential of all Minnesotans being eligible by early summer. Starkweather, a janitor in the Twin Cities, lost four of her colleagues to COVID-19.