COVID-19: Coverage of the pandemic from MPR News

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If schools follow CDC guidance, Biden's reopening goals could be hard to reach
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's latest school guidelines are running into complicated facts on the ground, especially when it comes to physical distancing and community spread.
Florida women pose as 'grannies' in foiled plot to get 2nd COVID-19 vaccine doses
The director of the Florida Department of Health in Orange County said the women disguised themselves with bonnets, gloves and glasses. It is not known how they managed to get their first doses.
COVID drives home schooling surge; public school enrollment drops
The COVID-19 crisis is driving dramatic changes in Minnesota public school enrollments, including a drop of some 17,000 students in the past year, with families delaying kindergarten and choosing options outside the public system, the state Education Department says.
Collaboration between White Earth Nation, Mahnomen Co. leads to one of highest vaccination rates in MN
Since Minnesota began distributing coronavirus vaccines late last year, Mahnomen County in northwestern Minnesota has consistently led the pack.