Bottles of hand sanitizer sit ready to be boxed up at Tattersall Distilling Tuesday, March 24, 2020 in Minneapolis as the company lent an hand to provide the sanitizer, made from a World Health Organization recipe and signed off by the FDA, to make available for nursing homes, health centers and first responders fighting the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
March 24, 2020
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Walz: Social distancing helping; lawmakers to meet Thursday
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Early indications are that Minnesotans are practicing social distancing well enough that they may be helping to slow the spread of COVID-19, Gov. Tim Walz said Tuesday as he staked out a position between a president who wants to restart the economy by Easter and other governors who've already ordered their residents to shelter in place for what could be weeks.