Coronavirus Updates: Latest COVID-19 Headlines From May 18, 2020
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MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- Minnesota's stay-at-home order has expired, and retail shops across the state are reopening Monday with restrictions in place and reduced capacity. Meanwhile, bars, salons and gyms are still closed to in-location customers. Under the the new Stay Safe Minnesota order, they'll be allowed to reopen on June 1.
Here are the latest updates in the COVID-19 pandemic:
- 6:13 p.m.: St. Paul Public Schools surpassed serving two million meals to students, their families and St. Paul residents. The total number of meals served by SPPS since March 18 is now 2,000,178.
- 5:57 p.m.: Members of the Minnesota Nurses Association will be testifying on their experiences inside the hospitals during a hearing to be held by the Minnesota House Select Committee on Minnesota's Pandemic Response and Rebuilding on May 19.
- 5:40 p.m.: Green Bay Packers developing a plan to reopen Lambeau Field to select staff and personnel as COVID-19 coronavirus restrictions ease, will not reopen May 19.
- 5:02 p.m.: About 30 Caribou Coffee workers joined about 70 community supports in a socially-distant car rally in front of Caribou Coffee's headquarters in Brooklyn Center to demand hazard pay, safer working conditions and paid sick leave during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- 4:00 p.m.: Restaurants, bars and other retail businesses can open in much of northern Michigan starting Friday, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced in relaxing her stay-at-home restrictions -- a key step for the tourism-dependent region before the Memorial Day weekend and summer season.
- 3:00 p.m.: Mystic Lake and Little Six casinos will be reopening on Tuesday, May 26, after being closed for two months due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- 1:50 p.m.: Wisconsin health officials announce six more deaths, 143 new COVID-19 cases Monday afternoon.
- 1:04 p.m.: A central Minnesota bar owner has backed down on his pledge to reopen in defiance of the governor's Stay Safe Minnesota order. His decision comes following the threat of legal action from Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and a restraining order from a Stearns County judge.
- 12:52 p.m.: Apple says face masks and temperature checks will be required for shoppers at its stores when they reopen.
- 12:04 p.m.: The biotech firm Moderna Therapeutics announces that all 45 participants in the first phase of its COVID-19 vaccine trial developed some antibodies. The company's goal is to have a vaccine ready for distribution next year.
- 11:24 a.m.: An outbreak of COVID-19 is reported at an apartment complex in River Falls, Wisconsin.
- 11 a.m.: MDH reports an additional 705 cases of COVID-19 and nine more deaths.
- 10:28 a.m.: Olmsted County to begin phase one of reopening government buildings on May 20.
- 10:03 a.m.: After 27 years, the Wabasha Street Caves in St. Paul will be closing at the end of November.
- 8:30 a.m.: A conservative group says it plans to file a restraining order, arguing that if malls can reopen this week, churches should be allowed to as well.
- 5:27 a.m.: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says "time is of the essence" to reach a deal on the next round of coronavirus relief funding.
- 5 a.m.: Minnesota's stay-at-home order is lifted and is replaced by the Stay Safe Minnesota plan.
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