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STATE HEALTH OFFICIALS
GUIDELINES TODAY AT SEVERAL
BUSINESSES PREPARED TO SHUT
DOWN ONCE AGAIN.
STARTING AT 11:59 TONIGHT, GEMS
AND ENTERTAINMENT SPACES WILL
BE CLOSED.
BARS AND RESTAURANTS HAVE TO BE
TAKEN ONLY.
WEDDING RECEPTIONS AND PARTIES
WILL BE RESTRICTED, YOUTH
SPORTS WILL BE PUT ON PAUSE.
THESE WILL RUN THROUGH FRIDAY,
DECEMBER 18th.
ASKING ALL MINNESOTANS STILL
COMMUTING TO WORK TO GET TESTED
FOR COVID-19.
RESTAURANTS WHO HAD TO COME UP
WITH OUTDOOR SEATING
ARRANGEMENTS LEFT WITH THOSE
PLANS ON HOLD.
WEDDING AND EVENT PLANNERS ARE
FREEZING PLANS AND ANTICIPATING
RESTRICTIONS COULD GO LONGER
AND WIPE OUT THEIR CHRISTMAS
NEW YEAR CALENDAR.
MUSEUMS ARE INCLUDED.
THIS MUSEUM IN NORTH
MINNEAPOLIS JUST PUT OUT THEIR
CHRISTMAS EXHIBIT.
WE WERE DISAPPOINTED BECAUSE
WE JUST UP THIS BEAUTIFUL
DISPLAY OF HOLIDAY TREES
CREATED BY A LOCAL ARTIST,
ALICIA SMILEY.
IT JUST OPENED THIS WEEK.
WE WERE PLANNING TO HAVE THIS
NOW, WE HAVE TO SHUT DOWN.
THE STATUS SAYS THEY
UNDERSTAND THE RESTRICTIONS BUT
THEY ARE DIFFICULT TO HANDLE.
AT 6:00, THE EXTRA DECISIONS
SOME COUPLES ARE MAKING AS THEY
PLAN WEDDINGS UNDER THESE
RESTRICTIONS.
A MAJOR DEVELOPMENT IN THE
RACE TO GET A COVID-19 VACCINE
APPROVED.
PFIZER IS REQUESTING EMERGENT-
VACCINE TODAY.
JOHN LAURITSEN SHOWS US WHAT
THAT MEANS FOR VACCINE
DISTRIBUTION IN MINNESOTA.
WE CANNOT HAVE A BETTER
CHRISTMAS PRESENT THE KNOWING
THIS VACCINE IS COMING OUR WAY.
IT IS.
WITH DRUG MANUFACTURERS
PFIZER AND MODERNA
BY THE END OF THE YEAR,
MINNESOTA LAWMAKERS SAY PLAN
FOR DISTRIBUTION NEED TO BEGIN
NOW.
THIS IS NOT TYPICAL
WASHINGTON POLITICS, THIS IS
ABOUT GETTING THE VACCINE TO
ALL OF YOU.
SENATOR AMY KLOBUCHAR IS
ASKING FOR FEDERAL ASSISTANCE
TO HELP BUSINESSES THROUGH THE
ADMINISTER THE CORONAVIRUS
VACCINE WHEN IT IS AVAILABLE.
THAT PFIZER VACCINE NEEDS TO BE
KEPT AT -103 DEGREES, MEANING
FREEZING WILL BE ESSENTIAL.
THIS FREEZER AT ST. PAUL MAKES
1500 POUNDS OF DRY ICE AN HOUR.
DRY ICE COMPANIES ARE
PREPARING TO HELP PROTECT THE
VACCINE AS HOSPITALS AND CLINICS
WAIT FOR FEDERAL GUIDELINES ON
HOW TO DISTRIBUTE THIS TO ALL
MINNESOTANS.
DO WE TAKE THAT TO THE
CONVENTION CENTER?
AIRPORT?
HOW DO WE GET BACK TO A PARKING
LOT IN LEUVEN?
FRONT LINE HEALTHCARE
WORKERS WILL BE THE FIRST TO
GET IT AND PEOPLE VULNERABLE.
WITHIN MONTHS, HEALTH EXPERTS
SAY THE GENERAL POPULATION
COULD GET VACCINATED WHICH IS
WHY PLANNING NOW IS CRITICAL.
THIS IS OUR TIME TO GET IT
US IN TERMS OF WHAT MAKES
SENSE.
IN ST. PAUL, JOHN LAURITSEN,
WCCO 4 NEWS .
HAVE 1 MILLION DOSES BY 2021.
THEY HAVE TWO DOSES SPREAD OVER
A COUPLE OF WEEKS.
HEALTH WANTS TO RESERVE ITS
COVID-19 TESTING FOR PEOPLE
WORKING DURING OUR FOUR-WEEK
DIALBACK.
THEY WANT PEOPLE TO BE THE
FIRST IN LINE AND ASKED THEM TO
GET TESTED AT LEAST ONCE BY
DECEMBER 18th.
HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY THOSE WHO
HAVE HAD POSITIVE PERSON SHOULD
BE TESTED.
PURPOSE OF THIS PAUSE IS
LIMIT ALL OF THEIR OUTSIDE
CONTACT, WE WILL SQUASH THE
DISEASE IN MINNESOTA WHILE
THOSE PEOPLE STILL OUTSIDE
WORKING ON THE HOME ALLOWING
THEM TO GO AND GET TESTED.
IF YOU ARE WORKING FROM HOME
AND MEET A TEST, MDH SAYS STAY
HOME AND ORDER A AT-HOME TEST,
THAT WILL BE MAILED TO YOU.
THEY ASKED TAKE THE TEST ASSP
RATHER THAN HOLDING ONTO IT.
THERE IS A NEW PLACE TO GET
TESTED OPENING IN RIDGEVIEW AT
THE RIDGEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
IN BLOOMINGTON.
YOU CAN GET TESTED WHETHER YOU
HAVE SYMPTOMS OR NOT.
YOU ARE ASKED TO PREREGISTER
BEFORE SHOWING UP AT THIS
LOCATION.
WE HAVE INFORMATION AT
WCCO.COM.
WE HAVE MORE AHEAD IN THE
FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19 TO KEEP
YOUR MENTAL HEALTH AND CHECK .
BREAKING NEWS RIGHT NOW IN