Cities

In the absence of any state or federal order, mayors and city councils around Minnesota are passing local requirements to wear masks while indoors to limit the spread of the virus that causes COVID-19. Already this week, the cities of Winona, Rochester, Mankato and Edina have enacted mask requirements, and similar mandates will be debated…

Each day, workers at the wastewater treatment plant in New Haven, Connecticut, siphon off a bit of sewage and put it in a cooler. Then, researchers from Yale University swing by to pick it up. In their hands, that pile of refuse is a key tool to predict the trajectory of the local COVID-19 outbreak.…

People stand in line at a coronavirus testing site in Harlem. In an effort to test more people for the virus, New York and other cities have begun offering door-to-door screening and at-home testing. Seth Wenig/AP hide caption toggle caption Seth Wenig/AP People stand in line at a coronavirus testing site in Harlem. In an…

Published on Apr 23, 2020A New York study found 13.9 percent of 3,000 residents have COVID-19 antibodies, suggesting more people in the state may have been infected already. Northeastern University researchers say models suggest that there were already thousands of infections in the U.S. in early March.» Subscribe to NBC News: http://nbcnews.to/SubscribeToNBC» Watch more NBC…