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Michigan has reached a COVID-19 vaccination benchmark that will soon let people go back to work in the office in person.
55% of the state s eligible population has gotten at least one shot.
The benchmark achieved this week clears the way for a Michigan Occupational Health and Safety Administration order allowing a return to office work.
MIOSHA could give the go ahead to start by the final week of May.
“Every day, we’re getting closer to putting this pandemic behind us. The way to get there is to vaccinate as many Michiganders who are eligible as quickly as possible,” said Governor Gretchen Whitmer.
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Michigan has reached a COVID-19 vaccination benchmark that will soon allow people to return to the office in person, but Governor Gretchen Whitmer acknowledges the next target will be more difficult to hit.
Whitmer announced Wednesday 55 percent of the state’s eligible population has gotten at least one shot.
“Every day, we’re getting closer to putting this pandemic behind us,” she said. “The way to get there is to vaccinate as many Michiganders who are eligible as quickly as possible.”
The 55 percent mark achieved this week clears the way for a Michigan Occupational Health and Safety Administration order allowing a return to office work. That go-ahead should come out the last week in May.
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A coalition of business groups is calling on the governor and the Michigan Occupational Health and Safety Administration to allow more people to return to offices to do their jobs.
The MIOSHA rule expires April 14, but it can be renewed for six months. It says people can’t go to the office if they can work from home.
Richard Studley of the Michigan Chamber of Commerce said Thursday that businesses have learned how to operate safely during the pandemic.
“Employers across the state of every size and type have worked morning, noon, and night to protect their employees, to protect their customers, to engage in social distancing, to wear masks, and to take other extraordinary measures to guarantee a safe workplace,” Studley says.