(CNN) A door-to-door Covid-19 survey in Minnesota has been halted after team members reported receiving racial and ethnic slurs in the city of Eitzen, according to state health officials, but the city denies the claims. "A door-to-door Covid-19 testing survey has been halted due to multiple incidents in outstate Minnesota of residents intimidating and shouting racial and ethnic slurs at state and federal public health survey team," the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) tweeted Friday. Huff told WCCO that the survey team was confronted by three men, one of whom was armed, and the team felt intimidated. It's possible the survey team "misinterpreted a large fire department communication radio in a holster for a firearm," Adamson said in his post. On Saturday, the sheriff's department told CNN there was nobody who could speak on the matter and to try back on Monday.

Source: CNN September 27, 2020 04:41 UTC