Gov. Tim Walz will impose the new restrictions starting Friday, to slow the spread of COVID-19 that has caused more than 3,000 deaths in Minnesota and threatens to overwhelm hospital capacity.
Minnesota’s unemployment rate is near a historic low. Although it ticked up slightly in December, it stands at 2.5%, a full point below the national rate.
"We are getting old,” Ng says. “The restaurant business is getting hard to handle more than before. You know, with short staff, everything gone high in food costs.”