fully vaccinate their children aged 5 to 11 years old against covid-19. governor tim walz also announced new measures to address severe staffing shortages threatening the health and safety of older minnesotans and people with disabilities. on january 12, 2022, governor tim walz announced that he will provide $40 million in additional funding to help support hospital staffing in minnesota during current covid-19 outbreak caused by the omicron variant. on january 13, 2022, governor tim walz announced that he will provide $40 million in new funding to minnesota to continue to expand covid-19 testing resources. governor tim walz also announced that the state's community vaccination clinic at the mall of america will administer 200,000 covid-19 vaccine doses that week, bringing the total number of doses administered by the state's community vaccination clinics to nearly 840,000. on january 19, 2022, governor tim walz announced that more than 100 nurses will begin arriving at health care facilities across the state immediately after taking urgent action to provide staffing assistance for short-staffed minnesota hospitals. on january 20, 2022, governor tim walz and lieutenant governor peggy flanagan announced a series of proposals to expand economic opportunity in minnesota such as the $700 million in direct payments to minnesotans via walz checks. the announcement came after the release of their local jobs and projects plan for 2022 earlier that week. on january 21, 2022, governor tim walz announced that a new covid-19 testing site at the minnesota department of transportation (mndot) building in saint paul will open on tuesday, jan. 25, with up to 1,000 tests per day. on january 24, 2022, governor tim walz announced that the registration form for parents to claim their $200 visa gift card for immunizing their 5 to 11-year-old children was available. minnesota families with children aged 5 to 11 who received both doses of the covid-19 vaccine in january and february were eligible for a $200 gift card. on january 25, 2022, governor tim walz and lieutenant governor peggy flanagan unveiled proposals in the walz-flanagan budget, the governor and lieutenant governor's supplemental budget recommendation for the upcoming legislative session, to support minnesota children and families. on january 26, 2022, governor tim walz and lieutenant governor peggy flanagan unveiled proposals in the walz-flanagan budget , the governor and lieutenant governor's supplemental budget goal is to protect minnesotans' health and safety. the budget aimed at supporting children and families, as well as investing in local jobs and projects. on january 27, 2022, governor tim walz announced that the state will distribute 2.1 million kn95 masks to community groups, local public health agencies, schools, and other organizations in order to ensure that minnesotans have access to high-quality masks during the current covid-19 outbreak. on january 28, 2022, governor tim walz announced a series of emergency measures to assist minnesota hospitals in dealing with high patient counts caused by the omicron variant of covid-19. on january 31, 2022, governor tim walz and lieutenant governor peggy flanagan released the walz-flanagan budget, which is the governor and lieutenant governor's supplemental budget proposal for the current legislative session to boost minnesota economy. city governments on march 14, st. paul mayor melvin carter declared a state of local emergency. the city will no longer be issuing any new permits for gatherings of 50 or more people. he also requested that ramsey county police suspend all evictions. the st. paul public library, st. paul schools, and all parks and recreation centers including the como zoo were also closed from march 16 through march 27. in march, the city of red wing, minnesota suspended city facilities and shut down the city library due to health concerns. on march 31, red wing reported its first cases at a corrections facility. on july 29, minneapolis mayor jacob frey issued an emergency order declaring that all minneapolis indoor bars, which recently reopened, would once again close effective august 1. taprooms, distilleries, nightclubs and restaurants with a bar area will close again as well. impact social covid-19 killed 1,130 people in hennepin county as of december 2020. the city gave free coronavirus tests and flu shots. during the covid-19 pandemic, most utilities and city business continued, some with reduced service, and shutoffs were suspended. wifi was free city-wide and government was conducted online. in minnesota, 1 in 2 black workers lost their jobs, compared to 1 in 4 whites. the pandemic furthered health inequities in minneapolis and minnesota. researchers found that the rates of cases, hospitalization, and deaths for black and latino residents were higher than for white residents. minneapolis public schools began the 2020–2021 academic year with remote leaning for all grade levels. the city's public school district lost 2.8 percent of their students in 2020. 34% of minnesotans reported a loss in employment income in april 2020, just after the covid-19 pandemic began (census bureau, household pulse survey). a loss of employment income cause direct impact for living expenses, retirement savings, and emergency expenses. more than 500,000 continued unemployment claims were filed at its peak in april and may 2020. several chronic health conditions, such as diabetes, obesity, asthma, cancer, copd, and high blood pressure, were identified as covid-19 risk factors. consistent and accessible health care is required for the treatment and care of these chronic conditions. seeking care for one of these conditions could have been difficult with the capacity of hospitals and hospital staff being tested with the onset of various covid-19 spikes. according to the pulse survey, nearly 20 million adults lived in households where they didn't get enough to eat in october 2021, 12 million adult renters were behind on their rent, and some of the progress made since late march appeared to have stalled as other economic problems persisted. during the covid-19 pandemic, communities of color and immigrants in minnesota's workforce are bearing economic hardship and health risks impacts. black minnesotans accounted for 7.5% of covid-19 deaths. since african americans make up about 7% of minnesota's population, there appears to be little racial disparity in covid-19-related deaths between black and white minnesotans at first glance. sports main article: impact of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic on sports most of the state's sports teams were affected. several leagues began postponing or suspending their seasons starting march 12. major league baseball cancelled the remainder of spring training on that date, and on march 16, they announced that the season will be postponed indefinitely, after the recommendations from the cdc to restrict events of more than 50 people for the next eight weeks, affecting the minnesota twins. also on march 12, the national basketball association announced the season would be suspended for 30 days, affecting the minnesota timberwolves. in the national hockey league, the season was suspended for an indefinite amount of time, affecting the minnesota wild. the 2020 x games and the 2021 u.s. pond hockey championships were canceled. minneapolis hosting of a coop fis cross-country ski world cup race at theodore wirth park, the first to be held in united states in two decades, was also canceled. in college sports, the national collegiate athletic association canceled all winter and spring tournaments, most notably the division i men's and women's basketball tournaments, affecting colleges and universities statewide. the 2020 ncaa division i wrestling championships were scheduled for march 19–21 at minneapolis' u.s. bank stadium. by march 11, the ncaa had announced the championship would continue, but none of the anticipated 100,000 fans would be allowed to attend. the following day the ncaa canceled all spring championships. on march 16, the national junior college athletic association also canceled the remainder of the winter seasons as well as the spring seasons. on march 21, the brainerd jaycees announced the cancelation of the run for the lakes marathon and all other races taking place over the marathon weekend, which was scheduled for april 24–25. the covid-19 pandemic ended the 11-year streak of consecutive marathon runnings. grandma's marathon was held annually for 43 years, making it one of the oldest continually-run marathons in the country. but on march 31, the staff announced that the june 16, 2020, race was canceled due to concerns of spreading sars-cov-2. on april 2, race officials decided to cancel the lake wobegon trail marathon for the first time since the race began in 2008. the race runs on the state trail from holdingford, minnesota, to st. joseph, minnesota. by april 6, nearly 1,000 people in the state had contracted covid-19, and the rochester, minnesota-based med city marathon race organizers decided to postpone their race weekend from may 23–24 to september 4–5. it canceled june 20. the race directors wrote "after conversations with the minnesota department of health, members of the minnesota running industry task force, the usatf, mayo clinic emergency medicine physicians, our sponsors and community leaders on how we could safely race, we came to the conclusion that it just isn't possible with so many ongoing uncertainties surrounding the covid-19 pandemic." the twin cities marathon canceled june 22, more than three months before the race. it was the first cancelation of the race since it began in 1982. the mankato marathon canceled july 24 after initially announcing june 1 that the race was still on. the bemidji blue ox marathon, set to run in october, followed in cancelation july 28. minneapolis the covid-19 pandemic closed hundreds of restaurants in minneapolis. among them are fuji ya, the landmark of 60 years, and bachelor farmer, site of fundraisers for then-president obama and for the democratic national committee. the 41 year old weekly newspaper city pages closed for lack of advertising. city officials struggled to support the needs of local businesses, particularly small- and minority-owned establishments, that were dually challenged by the covid-19 pandemic and historic unrest and property destruction in the aftermath of george floyd's murder on may 25, 2020. mobility for retail and recreation by minneapolitans was down 42% as of december 1, compared to 26% nationwide, showing that people are staying home. job loss in the twin cities area has been 67,000 lodging and food services jobs between the second quarters of 2019 and 2020. first avenue's dayna frank, president of the national independent venue association (niva), successfully lobbied the us federal government for aid for clubs and stages across the nation. statistics