How two Minnesota long-term care organizations are using mandates to get all their workers vaccinated
Workers at Episcopal Homes in St. Paul and Eventide in Moorhead are required to be vaccinated this fall.
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Coronavirus in Minnesota: Federal government expected to recommend vaccine booster shots
As of Tuesday the state had not gotten any official communication from the federal government regarding additional shots.
A running list of Minnesota employers requiring COVID-19 vaccines for employees
We’ll continue updating the list as we learn about more vaccine mandates.
Can Minnesota require COVID-19 vaccines for school children?
Minnesota already requires a number of vaccines for students of various ages. What about COVID-19?
Implementing vaccine policy that addresses equity should be a University of Minnesota priority
Effectively implementing an equity-guided policy will require the university to make vaccines maximally accessible – culturally, socially, logistically, financially.
Coronavirus in Minnesota: Case positivity up; more than 300 hospitalized
Minnesota added 5,601 new COVID-19 cases in the seven days between Aug. 4 and Aug. 10, for an average of 800 new cases per day.
Coronavirus in Minnesota: Case positivity rate reaches 4%
Minnesota added 4,151 new COVID-19 cases in the seven days between July 28 and Aug. 3, for an average of 593 new cases per day.
What the latest CDC guidance on the delta variant and masking means — and doesn’t mean — for Minnesota
While data do show greater risk of transmission for the delta variant of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, vaccines remain an effective protection against the disease.
Where things stand with COVID-19 booster shots in Minnesota
There is growing evidence that some groups of fully vaccinated people might benefit from another dose of COVID-19 vaccine.
What is a breakthrough infection? Six questions answered about catching COVID-19 after vaccination
The existing COVID-19 vaccines are still very good at preventing symptomatic infections, and breakthrough infections happen very rarely.
Coronavirus in Minnesota: Cases, hospitalizations and deaths are up
Officials said the delta variant of the COVID-19 virus, believed to be both more transmissible and more severe, now makes up about 75 percent of COVID-19 cases in the state.
Coronavirus in Minnesota: state sees uptick in new cases, hospitalizations
The Minnesota Department of Health reports the state added 1,535 new COVID-19 cases in the seven days between July 14 and July 20, for an average of 219 new cases per day.
Coronavirus in Minnesota: Case positivity rate increases slightly
Deaths were down, and hospitalizations remained stable.
Kids generally don’t develop severe cases of COVID-19. But what about long-haul symptoms?
Long-haul COVID-19 is little understood in adults, let alone children.
The daily coronavirus update: 5 more deaths; case growth rising but still low
The seven-day case positivity average, which lags by a week, remains at 1.2 percent.
The daily coronavirus update: 2 more deaths; fewer than 100 in hospital with COVID-19
As of Tuesday 55.3 of all Minnesotans have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
The daily coronavirus update: No new deaths; 231 new cases in Minnesota
The state reports 2,943,057, or 52 percent of the population, have completed the COVID-19 vaccination series.
The daily coronavirus update: 5 more deaths; case positivity rate steady
The seven-day case positivity average remains at 1.2 percent.
The daily coronavirus update: 67.1 percent of Minnesotans 16 and older at least partially vaccinated
Six more Minnesotans have died of COVID-19, the Minnesota Department of Health said Friday.
The daily coronavirus update: Minnesota’s new case numbers remain low
Roughly 67 percent of Minnesotans age 16 and older are at least partially vaccinated.
