Mayo Clinic joins community efforts urging people to #StoptheSpread during COVID-19 pandemic

Mayo Clinic joins community efforts urging people to #StoptheSpread during COVID-19 pandemic

By
Kelley Luckstein

April 2, 2020

Jeff Bolton, Mayo Clinic's chief administrative officer, joins other community leaders in Rochester, Minn., in sharing the message that the best defense against COVID-19 is for people to stay home.

ROCHESTER, Minn. — As the number of COVID-19 cases continue to climb in local communities and around the world, Mayo Clinic has joined Rochester community leaders in a message urging people to stay home.

"Staying home now will help you, your family, neighbors, friends and health care providers in the fight against COVID-19," says Jeff Bolton, Mayo Clinic's chief administrative officer, in a video message.

Jeff Bolton was joined by Mayor Kim Norton; Graham Briggs, director, Olmsted County Public Health; Kathleen Harrington, president, Rochester Chamber of Commerce; and Randy Hemann, M.D., chief medical officer, Olmsted Medical Center.

Watch: Stop the Spread - Stay Home Minnesota video