Mask use rises; details about vaccines, shutdown expected this week.
Gov. Tim Walz is urging Minnesotans to stick with mask-wearing as the constant in the state’s COVID-19 response, even as other strategies change against a pandemic that now has caused more than 4,000 deaths statewide.
The governor thanked Minnesotans on Monday for a recent hike in mask-wearing, based on survey data, and said it should be a bridge for the state to a COVID-19 vaccine.
“It makes sense to everyone, being this close to a vaccine, to try and reduce those infections the best we can,” he said. Continue reading.