The St. Cloud V.A. has made an operations update as of Tuesday going to universal masking due to the amount of influenza and RSV illness in the community. St. Cloud V.A. Spokesperson Jackie Stevenson says they are doing their part to control influenza, COVID-19 and RSV.
The St. Cloud area is seeing a spike in influenza cases. That according to CentraCare spokesman Dr. George Morris. He says it isn't uncommon to see cases increase shortly after the holidays with a normal peak coming in late January/early February.