Gov. Whitmer announces updates to MDHHS COVID-19 restrictions during Friday news conference
By FOX 2 Staff
(FOX 2) - Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer held a COVID-19 news conference Friday, Dec. 18 and announced that the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is lifting some of the COVID-19 restrictions that were set in place Nov. 15 and is extending others.
Casinos, movie theaters, bowling alleys and in-person learning at high schools and universities are allowed to reopen and resume.
Other restrictions that were initially set on Nov. 15 have been extended, meaning indoor dining is still prohibited, night clubs are still closed and organized indoor sports are still barred. Workplaces, when work can be done from home, are also not allowed to reopen yet, and group fitness classes are still not allowed to resume.
Casinos, movie theaters, high schools allowed to reopen in Michigan, indoor dining restriction extended
By FOX 2 Staff
(FOX 2) - Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced Friday that the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is lifting some of the COVID-19 restrictions that were set in place Nov. 15 in a pause to save lives and extending others.
Casinos, movie theaters, bowling alleys and in-person learning at high schools and universities are
allowed to reopen and resume.
Other restrictions that were initially set on Nov. 15 have been extended, meaning indoor dining is still prohibited, night clubs are still closed and organized indoor sports are still barred. Workplaces, when work can be done from home, are also not allowed to reopen yet, and group fitness classes are still not allowed to resume.
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First medical centers earn new recognition for best practices in heart valve repair
American Heart AssociationDecember 16, 2020 GMT
( NewMediaWire ) - December 16, 2020 - DALLAS - As part of the effort to increase adherence to clinical guidelines that recommend mitral valve repair over replacement for better patient outcomes, the American Heart Association and the Mitral Foundation have presented five hospitals with the Mitral Valve Repair Reference Center award.
The Mitral Foundation, which is dedicated to the global teaching and promotion of mitral valve repair, and the American Heart Association, the world’s leading voluntary organization devoted to a world of longer, healthier lives, recently established this collaborative recognition program. The program aims to increase the number of patients who receive mitral valve reconstruction where appropriate, rather than replacement, which
Data shows grim future for Mich. restaurants, survey finds Black voters hesitant on vaccine, a snowy Wednesday
By FOX 2 Staff
(FOX 2) - A new report from the MichiganRestaurant and Lodging Association shows just how dire the outlook is for the hospitality industry in the state amid COVID-19.
Through a survey, MRLA found that nearly 6,000 restaurants - or a third of Michigan restaurants - are likely to close permanently in six months if they do not receive any financial assistance from the government.
The research also reveals the same future is in the cards for about 850 hotels. That accounts for two-thirds of all hotels in the state.
Michigan hospital workers first to get COVID-19 vaccines in state
By Camille Amiri and FOX 2 Staff
Published
DETROIT (FOX 2) - The first COVID-19 was approved for emergency use authorization last week and now the first doses are being administered across the county. In Michigan, the University of Michigan Medicine and Spectrum Health in Grand Rapids were the first to give vaccines.
Over the weekend, the semi-trucks rolled out of the Pfizer facility in Portage after the vaccine was developed in record time.
Michigan hospitals receive first COVID-19 vaccines, general public unlikely to get it until spring
It could still be another 4 or 5 months before the general public has access to the COVID-19 vaccine but the first doses are being administered at hospitals now.