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State health officials told 5 EYEWITNESS News they have identified an additional 22 cases of the variant known as B.1.1.7, bringing the state's total to 40 ...
MDH: More than 400,000 Minnesotans with at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose 2 p.m. Minnesota health officials held a briefing on the state's COVID-19 situation and vaccination efforts. You can listen to the briefing below. MDH Infectious Disease Director Kris Ehresmann said Minnesota was still only receiving a small supply of vaccines each week from the federal government. She urged people to be patient with providers due to the very limited supply. Ehresmann also cautioned Minnesotans about vaccine-related scams. She listed some red flags that mean you're the target of an attempted scam:...
Coronavirus variant finding in Minnesota raises troubling questions Christopher Snowbeck, Star Tribune © Star Tribune/Star Tribune/Minneapolis VA Health Care System/Star Tribune/TNS A Minneapolis VA Health Care System employee recently received a second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. The finding in Minnesota last week of the nation's first COVID-19 infection from a more infectious Brazilian variant is raising concerns that pandemic cases could soon accelerate, although more information is needed on the exact nature of the threat. As with variants that have emerged in the Uni...
Minnesota COVID-19 positivity rate dips below 5% threshold More than 5% of Minnesota's population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine. January 28, 2021 — 12:25pm Text size Copy shortlink: The positivity rate of diagnostic testing for COVID-19 has dipped back below Minnesota's warning threshold — a sign of progress amid continued efforts to vaccinate residents against the infectious disease. The rate dropped to 4.9% on Minnesota's response dashboard, a decline from 15.5% on Nov. 10 amid a second wave of the pande...
Health care heroes reflect on one year of the pandemic It was one year ago the impacts of COVID started to be felt across the country, and would soon be felt right here in Minnesota. Author: Jason Rantala Updated: 4:21 PM CST January 30, 2021 MINNEAPOLIS — One year ago, coronavirus was starting to affect our world, and it's shadow was not far from the state of Minnesota. Health care workers were among those hardest hit, people like Dr. Mark Sannes, Infectious Disease Physician at Methodist Hospital, Psychologist Dr. Josh Zimmerman and Nkeiru Adoga, a nurse ...