Coronavirus Pandemic

Gov. Walz: 'State of Minnesota is strong,' one Minnesota will defeat COVID-19

04/05/2020 09:02 PM

Gov. Tim Walz delivered his State of the State address Sunday from the Minnesota Governor's Residence in St. Paul instead of the traditional chamber of the Minnesota House of Representatives ...

Gov. Walz requests major disaster declaration for Minnesota

COVID-19 in Wisconsin: 12 more deaths, more than 2,300 total cases

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson hospitalized with COVID-19

In this Wednesday, March 25, 2020 file photo Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street for the House of Commons for his weekly Prime Ministers Questions, in London.

Closings, disruptions due to COVID-19 outbreak

USDA: Coronavirus transmitted to tiger in New York zoo

In this March 17, 2020, file photo, medical personnel wait for a driver to pull up at a drive-thru COVID-19 testing station for University of Washington Medicine patients in Seattle. Experts and health officials who are trying to plan a response to the coronavirus outbreak are missing a critical piece of information – the number of health care workers who have tested positive for the disease.

States lack key data on virus cases among medical workers

Experts and health officials who are trying to plan a response to the coronavirus outbreak are missing a critical piece of information — the number of health care workers who have tested positive for the disease...

Life Time Fitness offers mental health training to employees during COVID-19 pandemic

It's a known fact the COVID-19 pandemic has negative physical effects on people– including some that lead to death. There are also factors that negatively affect a person’s mental health– whether it be the unknown of when this pandemic will be over, or a loss of work that leads to financial insecurity...

View case data via Johns Hopkins University:

U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Friday, April 3, 2020, in Washington.

Americans brace for 'hardest, saddest' week of their lives

Americans braced for what the nation's top doctor warned Sunday would be "the hardest and saddest week" of their lives while Britain assumed the unwelcome mantle of deadliest coronavirus hotspot in Europe after a record 24-hour jump in deaths that surpassed even hard-hit Italy...

Former Minnesotan lawmaker joins battle against COVID-19 in Italy

MDH: 5 new deaths reported Sunday, COVID-19 cases total 935 in Minnesota

No COVID-19 testing at home yet but quicker options coming

In this Tuesday, March 31, 2020 file photo, medical technicians handle a vial containing a nasal swab at a drive-thru testing site in Wheat Ridge, Colo., as a statewide stay-at-home order remains in effect in an effort to reduce the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. Home testing for coronavirus may sound like a good idea, but As of early April 2020, U.S. regulators say it's still too risky.

U.S. 'wasted' months before preparing for virus pandemic

In this March 24, 2020, file photo stacks of medical supplies are housed at the Jacob Javits Center that will become a temporary hospital in response to the COVID-19 outbreak in New York. A review of federal purchasing contracts by The Associated Press shows federal agencies waited until mid-March to begin placing bulk orders of N95 respirator masks, mechanical ventilators and other equipment needed by front-line health care workers.

A can with apple cider slides down to car from a window of the apple cider restaurant 'Zum Lahmen Esel' in Frankfurt, Germany, Friday, April 3, 2020. Due to the coronavirus outbreak the restaurant which has been in operation since 1807 offers cider and food to go in a self-made drive through set up.

German pub takes novel approach to keep hard cider flowing

Thomas Metzmacher was faced with the prospect of having to shut down his Frankfurt restaurant specializing in a traditional tart hard cider due to German regulations prohibiting groups of people from gathering amid the coronavirus pandemic. So he came up with a novel solution...

Trump says 'toughest' weeks ahead as coronavirus spreads

President Donald Trump attends a coronavirus task force briefing at the White House, Saturday, April 4, 2020, in Washington.

61 deaths, more than 2,100 cases of COVID-19 in Wisconsin; Gov. Evers issues major disaster declaration

Trump, Dems clash on boosting mail-in voting during pandemic

In this March 10, 2020, file photo wearing gloves, a King County Election worker collect ballots from a drop box in the Washington State primary, in Seattle.

MDH releases list of long-term care facilities with COVID-19 cases

MDH: 2 new deaths reported Saturday, COVID-19 cases total 865 in Minnesota

In this March 27, 2020 photo, Kim Simeon and children Annabel, 9, and Brennan, 11, pose for a photo with Nala, a dog they are fostering, in Omaha, Neb. The Simeon family was headed home to Omaha from a much-needed Smoky Mountains vacation when Kim Simeon spotted a social media post from the Nebraska Humane Society, pleading with people to consider fostering a pet.

Pet fostering takes off as coronavirus keeps Americans home

In this Friday, April 3, 2020, photo, a tablet livestreams the funeral of J. Robert Coleman in Lexington, S.C. Following CDC guidelines during the coronavirus outbreak, Thompson Funeral Homes asked Coleman's family to invite fewer than 10 people to his service.

At funerals in virus outbreak, mourning is from a distance

Singer Pink says she had COVID-19, gives $1M to relief funds

The singer Pink had tested positive for COVID-19, she said Friday, also announcing that she is donating $500,000 each to two emergency funds...

In this Jan. 28, 2018, file photo, Pink performs

Federal government makes changes to retirement savings use during COVID-19

The $2.2 trillion stimulus package allows those who have been diagnosed with COVID-19, had a spouse or dependent diagnosed with it, or experienced adverse financial hardship due to the pandemic, to possibly use retirement savings ...

COVID-19 in Wisconsin: At least 1,912 total cases, 42 deaths

WISN reports 945 of the cases and 23 of the deaths in the state have occurred in Milwaukee County ...

International News

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson hospitalized with COVID-19

Johnson’s office says he is being admitted for tests because he still has symptoms, 10 days after testing positive for the virus ...

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Life Time Fitness offers mental health training to employees during COVID-19 pandemic

Technology

Facebook creates Community Help service for communities struggling during COVID-19 pandemic

Facebook announced Tuesday that it had created a Community Help page for the COVID-19 pandemic. It's a place for people to request or offer help to neighbors such as volunteering to deliver groceries or donating to local food pantries...

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COVID-19 in Wisconsin: 12 more deaths, more than 2,300 total cases

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson hospitalized with COVID-19

Closings, disruptions due to COVID-19 outbreak

USDA: Coronavirus transmitted to tiger in New York zoo

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson hospitalized with COVID-19

Life Time Fitness offers mental health training to employees during COVID-19 pandemic

Facebook creates Community Help service for communities struggling during COVID-19 pandemic

USDA: Coronavirus transmitted to tiger in New York zoo

Americans brace for 'hardest, saddest' week of their lives

U.S. 'wasted' months before preparing for virus pandemic

Pet fostering takes off as coronavirus keeps Americans home

At funerals in virus outbreak, mourning is from a distance

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson hospitalized with COVID-19

German pub takes novel approach to keep hard cider flowing

Europe's hospitals bow under the weight of coronavirus crush

Africa faces an 'existential threat' as virus cases spread

Europe faces ICU crunch, rushes to build field hospitals

Tokyo's infection spike after Olympic delay sparks questions

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