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The Minnesota National Guard finally left its last nursing home on Tuesday, The Guard had been deployed to 50 nursing homes to ease staffing shortages during the fall and winter COVID wave.
The Minnesota National Guard finally left its last nursing home on Tuesday, The Guard had been deployed to 50 nursing homes to ease staffing shortages during the fall and winter COVID wave.
The deployment of National Guard troops comes as health care facilities face a staffing crunch in the pandemic, with workers burnt out by long hours.
The governor's office also announced that the community testing site at Roy Wilkins Auditorium in St. Paul will get a 50% increase in testing capacity after the National Guard was instructed to help there.
The governor's office also announced that the community testing site at Roy Wilkins Auditorium in St. Paul will get a 50% increase in testing capacity after the National Guard was instructed to help there.