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Shopper Merlin Smith, 82, of Edina navigates the aisles of Lunds and Byerlys during an early morning hour devoted to older shoppers and shoppers with health conditions Thursday, March 19, 2020, in Edina, Minn. Smith was also shopping for his wife who has heart issues and was home. Some supermarket retailers across the world and Twin Cities are creating an early bird shopping time from 7-8 a.m. for older shoppers to protect them from COVID-19 and coronavirus. (Merlin Smith/Star Tribune via AP)

Shopper Merlin Smith, 82, of Edina navigates the aisles of Lunds and Byerlys during an early morning hour devoted to older shoppers and shoppers with health conditions Thursday, March 19, 2020, in Edina, Minn. Smith was also shopping for his wife who has heart issues and was home. Some supermarket retailers across the world and Twin Cities are creating an early bird shopping time from 7-8 a.m. for older shoppers to protect them from COVID-19 and coronavirus. (Merlin Smith/S…

March 20, 2020

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Walz not ready to order Minnesota to shelter in place yet
March 20, 2020 8:15 p.m.

Walz not ready to order Minnesota to shelter in place yet

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Gov. Tim Walz said Friday that he doesn't think it's necessary yet to follow the lead of California and some other states and order Minnesotans to shelter in place to try to slow the spread of COVID-19, but he cautioned that he may have to at some point.