At 11 a.m., @GovWhitmer is holding a briefing with a dozen Capitol reporters, the first large-scale press conference in more than three months.
She’s announcing schools can resume in-person instruction during Phase 4 of her reopening plan, which most of the state is in.
She’s announcing schools can resume in-person instruction during Phase 4 of her reopening plan, which most of the state is in.
Gov. Whitmer starts presser noting Michigan’s #covid19 infection rate has fallen from 3 people infected by a person with the #coronavirus to 0.8 infection rate.
#Orders are important, but it’s what the people do that makes a difference.”
#Orders are important, but it’s what the people do that makes a difference.”
Michigan and New York on track to contain #COVID19, @GovWhitmer says, citing her “aggressive” stay-at-home order to limit human activity this spring.
Gov. Whitmer, who has a daughter starting her senior year of high school this fall, days “We are mptimistic that schools will be able to conduct in-person instruction with strict” safety measures.
Whitmer says she’s going to use the MERC regions for reopening schools this fall but said regulations will depend on community spread of #COVID19. If there’s a spike in one county in a region, it could be placed back in Phase 4 with stricter rules to mitigate community spread.
Michigan’s top public health doctor @DrKhaldun says all regions of Michigan but Kalamazoo/Southwest have fewer than 20 new daily cases of #COVID19 per 1 million people. SW Michigan is at 22 cases per 1 million residents because of an outbreak at a pepper farm in Branch County.
Gov. Whitmer says she will extend her state of emergency order that expires Friday.
“All 50 states are in” some form of a state of emergency, she said.
“All 50 states are in” some form of a state of emergency, she said.
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