Twins Cancel Winter Caravan for Second Consecutive Year

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(KNOX)-For the second consecutive year, the Minnesota Twins have canceled their annual Winter Caravan because of COVID-19 concerns.

The caravan was scheduled for January 30th through February 4th.

The Twins say, with the Omicron variant driving case numbers up and posing a high risk, they feel this is the correct action to protect the health and safety of all concerned.

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Twins statement:

The Minnesota Twins are reaching out today to inform you that, after careful consideration of the current and projected COVID-19 situation throughout our region, the difficult decision has been made to cancel our 2022 Twins Winter Caravan scheduled for January 30-February 4. With the Omicron variant continuing to drive case numbers up and posing a high risk, we feel this is the correct course of action to protect the health, safety and well-being of our fans, staff, employees, partners and communities.  We look forward to resuming our fan engagement initiatives when it is safe to do so – and, of course, we’ll be excited to bring back Winter Caravan and TwinsFest in 2023!