Herald Review April 17, 2022
Catharine Richert

Minnesota public radio

From her perch at the Minnesota Department of Health, Commissioner Jan Malcolm says the COVID-19 pandemic isn’t over — but it’s better.

“There’s a lot of virus still circulating out there,” she said. Medically vulnerable people are still at high risk of getting very sick from the virus.

“But the cases are fairly low as well as stable, and cause less disruption in our communities and less risk to health,” said Malcolm.

Going forward, people will base risk on a variety of factors including community spread, but also on factors like vaccination status, previous infections, willingness to wear masks and hospital capacity in their area, she said.

“Folks are going to be in different risk...

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