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Walz shuts schools; Minnesota sees COVID-19 community spread

by Associated Press
| March 15, 2020 1:30 PM

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.

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