LANSING, Michigan (AP) – Governor Gretchen Whitmer said Wednesday that she would make an announcement “very soon” about reopening gyms and explain the prestige of the best schools and other youth sports, noting that she is aware that many are involved in her prestige amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The governor has closed gyms, movie theaters, bowling alleys, ice rinks and similar businesses since March, in much of northern Michigan, where they were allowed to reopen in June. He said he was looking to “get the protocols correct” and “I think we have a concept of what it looks like.”
An announcement is expected on Thursday. Frustrated commercial homeowners noticed that their opposite numbers are now open in all states, while Whitmer argued that his technique had helped Michigan be in a strong position with COVID-19 over the rest of the United States after being one of the most difficult.-established at the beginning of the pandemic.
In the past two weeks, the 104.2 new instances of the state consisting of 100,000 inhabitants ranked 15th, for Johns Hopkins University.
“We have to get it right,” Whitmer said at a press conference.”We take this very seriously. The decisions you make in the coming days and make the announcement will be made to protect athletes, families, coaches, parents and customers – our small business owners as well.People’s lives are at stake. COVID remains a very genuine risk in our state.»
The Michigan Athletic Association of High Schools recently postponed the football season in the spring.Three other fall sports (football, volleyball, swimming and diving) are in the outdoor limbo of less populated northern counties due to an order to close gyms and indoor pools and force athletes to stay separated by 6 feet.
Senate majority leader Mike Shirkey, a Republican, criticized Whitmer for not allowing all businesses to go over yet, saying he is “perplexed” that cinemas remain closed.
“I don’t think there are corporations in Michigan that stay closed,” he told The Associated Press.”I think we’ve learned a lot since this insidious virus hit our shores, and no business owner needs to put their employees, consumers or families at risk.»
He said there was a “lack of trust” in the business community, and “we let them do what they have to do and it turns out they know how to react and care” for people.
Also wednesday, Huntington Bankshares joined Whitmer to announce a $5 billion loan, investment and philanthropic engagement for five years in Michigan.Sandy Pierce, the company’s senior executive vice president, said it would do so on loans to minority, women and veterans companies.expansion of housing ownership for minorities and low- and middle-income borrowers.
The State Health Decomposer also announced that more than 20 loose COVID-19 control sites will open in the coming weeks.Points were selected in the component to help combat the disproportionate effect of the virus on racial and ethnic minorities.
Dr. Joneigh Khaldun, Michigan’s medical director, said the overall case rate, 59 consistent with 1 million citizens consistent with the day, is lower than a week ago.Detroit’s domain has the rate followed, in descending order, by the Grand Rapids, Saginaw, Kalamazoo, Traverse City, Peninsula, Jackson, and Lansing spaces.
Khaldun said he hoped the state would publicly publish the names of schools with outbreaks within the next two weeks.Many schools have already opened, and the rest from next week.
Early Wednesday, Whitmer met with dr.Deborah Birx, coordinator of the White House Coronavirus Working Group.Birx “very impressed” with Michigan’s handling of the epidemic, Whitmer said.She said she reiterated to Birx the desire for a national protection order against him expressed fear that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued new rules that say it is not obligatory for others in close contact with other inflamed people, but who do not feel sick, to get tested.
Birx told journalists outside a hospital in Livonia that citizens exercise caution over Labor Day weekend.
“Please wear your mask, ” he said. When I say social distance, it means at any time, adding with circle of family members that you probably wouldn’t have noticed in a few weeks, adding up with the neighbors on the street, this is vital because we located that mastified community of events, adding the garden barbecues, are lately one of the main vectors of viruses.
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