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On June 10, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued an emergency temporary standard ETS workplace safety rule that requires health care employers to protect workers from on-the-job risk of COVID-19 infection.

There is no longer a statewide requirement to wear face coverings in most settings. However, other federal, state, or local laws may require face coverings in some settings, and businesses may set their own requirements. Additionally, Minnesota's Safe Learning Plan, along with the existing face covering guidance for schools and child care settings, remain in effect through the end of the 2020-2021 school year. For more information, see Executive Orders from Governor Walz.

Long-term care providers that have been clamoring for updated guidance from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to...

CDC Updates Its Mask Recommendations America breathes a sigh of relief as it turns a new corner on the road to recovery from COVID-19 According to the CDC, if you are fully vaccinated you can start doing many things that you had stopped doing because of the pandemic. Infographic courtesy of the CDC. May 13, 2021 — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) just released a new statement relaxing the restrictions on wearing face masks for fully vaccinated people. The update states that fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear a mask or physically distance in any setting, ex...

Among other updates, the CDC: provided "guiding principles" for fully vaccinated individuals; explained that fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear masks outdoors (except in certain "crowded" settings and venues); and clarified that fully vaccinated folks, without symptoms, generally are not restricted from work following exposure to a known or suspected COVID-19 case. Under the updated guidance, fully vaccinated people can: Visit with other fully vaccinated people indoors without wearing masks or physical distancing. Visit with unvaccinated people (including children) from a single h...