Minnesota National Guard will test all of its active members for coronavirus amid Floyd protests
The Minnesota National Guard plans to test all of its deployed members for the coronavirus after one tested positive and nine others have presented symptoms, a spokesman told CNBC on Tuesday.
National Guard members walk at the area in the aftermath of a protest after a white police officer was caught on a bystander's video pressing his knee into the neck of African-American man George Floyd, who later died at a hospital, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., May 29, 2020.The Minnesota National Guard plans to test all of its deployed members for the coronavirus after one tested positive and nine others have reported symptoms, a spokesman told CNBC on Tuesday.
The state's National Guard is now developing plans to test every one of its deployed members for the coronavirus, Hawks said, though a timeline remains unknown. It's unclear when the infected service member tested positive and how much interaction they had with other service members and the public. Broad testing of everyone involved in the protests will be key to ensuring that the virus doesn't spread unchecked from the protests to new communities, said Dr. David Eisenman, director of the Center for Public Health and Disasters at UCLA.
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