Minnesota Health Commissioner Jan Malcolm speaks at the bill signing as Minnesota Governor Tim Walz signed SF 3813, a bipartisan bill allocating nearly $21 million toward the state coronavirus response, Tuesday, March 10, 2020. (Glen Stubbe/Star Tribune via AP)
March 15, 2020
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March 15, 2020 10:06 p.m.
Walz shuts schools; Minnesota sees COVID-19 community spread
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Sunday ordered public schools to temporarily close to give administrators and teachers time to make plans for switching to distance learning as the number of people with COVID-19 increases, while health officials confirmed the state's first cases of community transmission and the Legislature scaled back its business.