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Minnesota governor promotes mask drive to slow virus spread

| April 19, 2020 12:09 AM

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Gov. Tim Walz called on Minnesota residents to make homemade masks for those most at risk of the coronavirus, as health officials reported 143 new confirmed cases of the disease, including 23 in the county where it sickened many workers at a meatpacking plant.

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