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COVID-19 Media Briefings
MDH holds regular media briefings to provide COVID-19 updates. These briefings are typically Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, but sometimes shift due to scheduling considerations.
For the week of 9/21/20: Media briefings will take place at 2 p.m. on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
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
- Minnesota’s first COVID-19 saliva testing site opening in Duluth this Wednesday
- State launches 4-week push to increase access to “no barrier” COVID-19 testing
- Minnesota’s adult obesity rate held steady in 2019
- Health officials begin statewide COVID-19 survey of Minnesota households
- Medical professionals: staying home when sick or exposed is key to keeping schools open