MDH urges youth testing in effort to wipe out COVID-19 variant MDH urges youth testing in effort to wipe out COVID-19 variant By Bernadette Heier | March 15, 2021 at 7:26 PM CDT - Updated March 15 at 7:28 PM ST. PAUL, Minn. (KEYC) - Amid loosening COVID-19 restrictions, the Minnesota Department of Health continues to urge the public to get tested regularly, in an effort to wipe out a new B-117 variant of COVID-19 identified in Carver County in January. Minnesota Department of Health Assistant Commissioner Dan Huff says of the 140 people tested in connection with the Carver County cluster, 32 were confirmed to have the U.K. variant and that many of those cases were connected to youth sports and recreation events.