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COVID-19 Media Briefings
MDH and our partners hold regular media briefings to provide COVID-19 updates.
Some news outlets (TPT, MPR, KARE 11, local news radio stations, and more) broadcast the entire briefing on air, their websites, or Facebook pages where the public can listen in.
Stream Governor’s press conferences live (with ASL interpreting) and watch past press conferences: Office of the Governor of Minnesota’s YouTube channel
ASL interpretations of media calls: Minnesota Commission of the Deaf, DeafBlind & Hard of Hearing’s YouTube channel
Spotlight
- Travel-related COVID-19 cases prompt health officials to urge testing for travelers returning to state
- Preventable deaths from alcohol use increased in 2020
- State advises providers to follow federal pause on use of Johnson & Johnson vaccine during review
- State announces 5:30 closure at Minneapolis/St. Paul Airport and Brooklyn Park/Starlite Center COVID-19 testing sites
- Outbreak of COVID-19 cases linked to wrestling tournament prompts warning to schools, public
- MDH announces new opioid podcast series
- MDH updates outing guidance for long-term care facilities ahead of holiday weekend
- MDH updates dining and activity guidance for assisted living-type facilities