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FILE - This May 13, 2020, file photo taken with a fisheye lens shows a list of the confirmed COVID-19 cases in Salt Lake County early in the coronavirus pandemic at the Salt Lake County Health Department, in Salt Lake City. The arrival of the omicron variant of the coronavirus in the U.S. has health officials in some communities reviving contact tracing operations in an attempt to slow and better understand its spread as scientists study how contagious it is and whether it can thwart vaccines. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Contact tracing revs up in some states as omicron reaches US

Minnesota gets another 1 million at-home test kits, offer boosters at school clinics
Minnesota gets another 1 million at-home test kits, offer boosters at school clinics
Minnesota COVID-19 update: Friday
Minnesota COVID-19 update: Friday
Here's what we know about the Omicron variant in Minnesota
Here's what we know about the Omicron variant in Minnesota
'The fire that's here': US is still battling delta variant
Leah Perkins, of Worcester, Mass., center, stands in line to receive a booster shot of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021, at a mobile vaccination clinic, in Worcester. As the U.S. recorded its first confirmed case of the omicron variant, doctors across the country are experiencing a more imminent crisis with a delta variant that is sending record numbers of people to the hospital in New England and the Midwest. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Minnesota COVID-19 update: Thursday
Minnesota COVID-19 update: Thursday
Minnesota announces first case of Omicron variant in the state
Minnesota announces first case of Omicron variant in the state
Iowa coronavirus hospitalizations top 700, new yearly high
Iowa coronavirus hospitalizations top 700, new yearly high
MDH says to be prepared for Omicron variant in MN 'at some point'
MDH says to be prepared for Omicron variant in MN 'at some point'
Federal team to assist with COVID-19 vaccinations, monoclonal antibody treatment in Minnesota
Federal team to assist with COVID-19 vaccinations, monoclonal antibody treatment in Minnesota
Minnesota COVID-19 update: Wednesday
Minnesota COVID-19 update: Wednesday
COVID-19 hospital surge further taxes health care providers
COVID-19 hospital surge further taxes health care providers
Iowa stops tracking home county of COVID hospital patients
Iowa stops tracking home county of COVID hospital patients
US moving to toughen testing requirement for travelers
President Joe Biden speaks to members of the media before boarding Air Force One at Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport in Minneapolis, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021, after visiting Dakota County Technical College in Rosemount, Minn. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
US panel backs first-of-a-kind COVID-19 pill from Merck
FILE - This undated file image provided by Merck & Co. shows their new antiviral medication molnupiravir. An experimental COVID-19 drug that could soon become the first U.S.-authorized pill to treat the coronavirus faces one final hurdle Tuesday: A panel of government experts will scrutinize data on the medication from drugmaker Merck. (Merck & Co. via AP, File)
Minnesota COVID-19 update: Tuesday
Minnesota COVID-19 update: Tuesday
Plymouth student wins $100,000 college scholarship during Kids Deserve a Shot campaign
Plymouth student wins $100,000 college scholarship during Kids Deserve a Shot campaign
Powell's warning: Fed to tighten credit faster than expected
FILe - Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during an event in the South Court Auditorium on the White House complex in Washington, on Nov. 22, 2021. Powell says that the appearance of a new COVID-19 variant could slow the economy and hiring. He also says it raises uncertainty about inflation. Powell says in remarks to be delivered to the Senate Banking Committee Tuesday that he recent increase in coronavirus cases and the emergence of the omicron variant pose downside risks to employment and economic activity and increased uncertainty for inflation. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
MDH: Ninth and 10th school staff members die of COVID-19 this school year
Photo: AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File. In this Thursday, March 11, 2021 file photo, desks are arranged in a classroom at an elementary school in Nesquehoning, Pa. In the fall of 2021, vaccinated teachers and students should no longer wear masks inside school buildings and no one need bother with them outside, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday, July 9, 2021, in relaxing its COVID-19 guidelines.
Minnesota COVID-19 update: Monday
Minnesota COVID-19 update: Monday
High inflation? Low polling? White House blames the pandemic
FILE - President Joe Biden talks about the newly approved COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5-11 from the South Court Auditorium on the White House complex in Washington, Nov. 3, 2021. Biden's team views the pandemic as the root cause of both the nation's malaise and his own political woes. It sees getting more people vaccinated and finally controlling COVID-19 as the key to reviving the country and Biden's own standing. But the coronavirus has proved to be a vexing challenge for the White House. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
COVID variant spreads to more countries as world on alert
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson gestures as he speaks during a press conference in London, Saturday Nov. 27, 2021, after cases of the new COVID-19 variant were confirmed in the UK. (Hollie Adams/Pool via AP)
Minnesota COVID-19 update: November 26, 2021
Minnesota COVID-19 update: November 26, 2021
World races to contain new COVID threat, the omicron variant
People line up to get on the Air France flight to Paris at OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, Friday Nov. 26, 2021. A slew of nations moved to stop air travel from southern Africa on Friday in reaction to news of a new, potentially more transmissible COVID-19 variant that has been detected in South Africa. Scientists say it is a concern because of its high number of mutations and rapid spread among young people in Gauteng, the country's most populous province. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
Minnesota hospitals face capacity challenges for second Thanksgiving in a row
Minnesota hospitals face capacity challenges for second Thanksgiving in a row
Minnesota COVID-19 update: November 25, 2021
Minnesota COVID-19 update: November 25, 2021
Parents have mixed feelings about COVID-19 protocols at K-M Schools
Parents have mixed feelings about COVID-19 protocols at K-M Schools

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel makes a speech at the Defence Ministry during the Grand Tattoo (Grosser Zapfenstreich), a ceremonial send-off for her, in Berlin on Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021. (Odd Andersen/Pool Photo via AP)

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James, left, and Jennifer Crumbley are shown during the video arraignment of their son, Ethan Crumbley in Rochester Hills, Mich., on Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021. A prosecutor filed involuntary manslaughter charges Friday, Dec. 3, 20201 against the Crumbleys whose 15-year-old son is accused of killing four students at a Michigan high school. (District Court via AP)
Contact tracing revs up in some states as omicron reaches US
FILE - This May 13, 2020, file photo taken with a fisheye lens shows a list of the confirmed COVID-19 cases in Salt Lake County early in the coronavirus pandemic at the Salt Lake County Health Department, in Salt Lake City. The arrival of the omicron variant of the coronavirus in the U.S. has health officials in some communities reviving contact tracing operations in an attempt to slow and better understand its spread as scientists study how contagious it is and whether it can thwart vaccines. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
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