(16 Nov 2020) Governor Gretchen Whitmer's administration on Sunday ordered high schools and colleges to stop in-person classes, closed restaurants to indoor dining and stopped organized sports — including the football playoffs — in a bid to curb Michigan's spiking coronavirus cases.
The restrictions will begin Wednesday and last three weeks. They are not nearly as sweeping as when the governor issued a stay-at-home order last spring, but they are extensive.
"We have reached that point we were warning about, we are in the worst moment of this pandemic to date," Whitmer warned.
"We are at the precipice and we need to take some action," she said.
An order written by the state health department also limits indoor residential gatherings to no more than two households, restricts outdoor gatherings to 25 people and closes entertainment facilities such as theaters, bowling alleys and indoor water parks.
Gyms and pools can stay open for individual exercise but not group classes.
The move came as the state faces surging COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations.
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