WINONA, Minn. – So far Winona has been spared virulent Co-Vid knock-offs that were first identified in Britain and Brazil. Rachelle Schultz, chief executive at Winona Health, said that variant strains are being tested for locally but none have showed up. Schutz was interviewed on radio station KWNO. The state Health Department has identified a cluster of the British strain in Carver County southwest of Minneapolis.

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