Michigan bars and restaurants to reopen Feb. 1, group says
Governor expected to make important announcement on restaurants and bars Wednesday
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File-This Oct. 16, 2020, file photo shows Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer speaking during an event with Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden at Beech Woods Recreation Center, in Southfield, Mich. Whitmer s administration on Sunday, Nov. 15, 2020, ordered high schools and colleges to stop in-person classes, closed restaurants to indoor dining and suspended organized sports including the football playoffs in a bid to curb the state s spiking coronavirus cases. The restrictions will begin Wednesday and last three weeks. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File) (Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)
LANSING, Mich. (AP) Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Wednesday she hopes to let restaurants reopen for indoor dining on Feb. 1, as her health department extended a two-month ban by an additional two.
Michigan relaxes rules on sports, colleges, but keeps restrictions on indoor-dining until February
By Jack Nissen
LANSING, Mich. - Michigan s health department is updating its COIVD-19 rules, allowing for non-contact sports and indoor group exercises to resume while also indicating plans to reopen restaurants to indoor dining in a few weeks.
The updated coronavirus rules come as the state has measured declines in hospital capacity and cases per million while noting a plateau in the positivity rate of COVID-19 tests.
Frustration continues for restaurant owners as Whitmer drags dine-in Covid closures to Feb.1
With the ban on indoor dining finish line moved again, this time to Feb. 1, owners struggling with bills continue to worry for their restaurants and bars.