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COVID In Minnesota: Nurses Fear ‘Doomsday Scenario’ To Come

The people in charge of some of Minnesota's hospitals are begging families to cooperate with the new rules to fight COVID-19.

(CBS News)

By David Schuman

November 19, 2020

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MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The people in charge of some of Minnesota’s hospitals are begging families to cooperate with the new rules to fight COVID-19.

“We are perilously close to not being able to, even collectively with all of our best efforts and innovative care models, take care of everybody,” said Dr. Peggy Wheeler, the CEO of Allina Health.

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Wheeler says 800 staff members can’t work because they either have the virus or were exposed to it.

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