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Walz set to ease COVID curbs; 1st case of South Africa strain confirmed

Walz set to ease COVID curbs; 1st case of South Africa strain confirmed

Gov. Tim Walz will announce the changes Friday. On Thursday, he indicated restrictions will be loosened for spring proms, sports and other larger public gatherings. Separately, officials said they’ve confirmed the state’s first case of the so-called South Africa COVID-19 variant.
by Tim Pugmire

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Video: The early days of the pandemic as seen through your camera roll

Video: The early days of the pandemic as seen through your camera roll

We asked people to send us their last "normal" photo of 2020 and their first pandemic photo. Thousands of you responded. These are some of the stories that defined our pandemic year.
by Nick Michael, Bronson Arcuri, Tsering Bista, Nickolai Hammar and Annabel Edwards

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March 11, 2020: The day everything changed

March 11, 2020: The day everything changed

The World Health Organization declared a pandemic. The NBA shut down its season. President Donald Trump banned travel from Europe. Tom Hanks tested positive. On this day a year ago, the coronavirus became very real in America.
by Laurel Wamsley

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Biden's $1.9 trillion rescue plan set to turbocharge U.S. economy

Biden's $1.9 trillion rescue plan set to turbocharge U.S. economy

Economists expect the additional federal spending, coupled with an improving public health picture, will jumpstart economic growth this year.
by Scott Horsley

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Nursing home residents can get hugs again, feds say

Nursing home residents can get hugs again, feds say

Nursing home residents vaccinated against COVID-19 can get hugs again from their loved ones, and all residents may enjoy more indoor visits, the government said Wednesday in a step toward pre-pandemic normalcy.
by The Associated Press

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Americans put off health care during the pandemic, and it's time to catch up

Americans put off health care during the pandemic, and it's time to catch up

Many people put off health screenings, medical procedures and even childhood vaccinations during the pandemic. Host Angela Davis talks to two doctors about catching up on delayed care.
by Angela Davis, Maja Beckstrom and Katie Moritz

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Congress OKs $1.9T COVID relief bill in win for Biden, Democrats

Congress OKs $1.9T COVID relief bill in win for Biden, Democrats

Congress has sent President Joe Biden the landmark $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill. The House approved the bill Wednesday over solid Republican opposition in a vote that gives the new president and Democrats a victory just seven weeks after he took office.
by The Associated Press

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Reporter's notebook: What's behind spikes in COVID case, death numbers in Minnesota's latest data release?

Reporter's notebook: What's behind spikes in COVID case, death numbers in Minnesota's latest data release?

Four private testing labs apparently didn't report 37,350 COVID-19 test results — including 891 positive cases — to the state Health Department over a period of months. And those unreported cases mean that 22 hospitalizations and 138 deaths weren't classified as being connected to COVID-19.
by David H. Montgomery

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