COVID-19: Coverage of the pandemic from MPR News

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To bridge the digital divide, Biden administration launches vaccine hotline
The Biden administration has launched a new COVID-19 vaccination assistance hotline for people who would prefer to get information via phone. It's part of the administration's push to get 70 percent of adults in the U.S. vaccinated with at least one dose by July 4.
India sees deadliest day of pandemic with COVID-19 deaths topping 4,000
As bad as the reported numbers are, the actual COVID-19 toll is likely much worse. India's relentless virus surge is leading to deadly shortages of hospital beds, medical oxygen and drugs.
May 9 update on COVID-19 in MN: Vaccination pace continues to fall
Minnesota has inched above the milestone of 60 percent of state residents 16 and older with at least one COVID-19 shot, but the pace of vaccinations continues to plummet — now at its lowest level since late February.
Pfizer seeks full FDA approval for COVID-19 vaccine
The agency's approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine — shown to be 95 percent effective — would go beyond the speedier and less rigorous emergency use authorization currently granted to the vaccine.
Is the variant from India most contagious coronavirus mutant on the planet?
An evolutionary biologist in Belgium found that the variant from the U.K. "had a transmission advantage." When Tom Wenseleers looks at early data on the variant in India, he has a feeling of deja vu.