Many mental health care providers have shut their doors to in-person visits to reduce the spread of coronavirus. Therapists and other providers have been forced to change the way they practice almost overnight.
Health officials warned Minnesotans that COVID-19 is widespread across the state, in the wake of Minnesota's first death linked to the new coronavirus. Efforts to get more masks and other protective equipment into the hands of medical personnel increased this weekend, as the governor activated the National Guard to help transport those supplies.
As Minnesota takes increasingly strict measures to stave off the spread of the new coronavirus, some tourists are still driving up the North Shore of Lake Superior to ski and sight-see — prompting some full-time residents of the Arrowhead region to urge people to stay home.
“We've certainly all been watching the numbers rise, the numbers of cases and the numbers of deaths in other countries and other states. But this strikes closer to home and closer to heart,” Minnesota Health Commissioner Jan Malcolm said in an afternoon media briefing.
As the number of COVID-19 cases mounts in Minnesota, pregnant women and their medical teams are scrambling to adjust their plans for prenatal care, labor and delivery and postpartum follow-up.
As restaurants, bars and myriad other businesses are forced to shut their doors to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus in Minnesota, workers and owners come up with some creative, unprecedented ways to cope with the reality.
As the case number grows, Gov. Tim Walz has signed an executive order banning price gouging. The governor also says he's not ready yet for a shelter-in-place order, but "it is a possibility."