9 & 10 News May 14, 2021 Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced Friday that the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has lifted the mask requirement for fully vaccinated Michiganders. Fully vaccinated Michiganders are no longer required to wear a mask or face covering indoors or outdoors. The new order will take effect Saturday, May 15 at 9 a.m. “For more than a year, we’ve been following the best data and science to slow the spread of COVID-19 and save lives,” said Governor Whitmer in a release. “The vast majority of us have trusted the scientists and experts to keep us safe during the pandemic, and it has worked. With millions of Michiganders fully vaccinated, we can now safely and confidently take the next step to get back to normal. The message is clear: vaccines work to protect you and your loved ones. If you have not yet received your vaccine, now is the time to sign up. This pandemic has been one of the toughest challenges of our lifetimes, but we came together as a state to persevere. We have all been working incredibly hard toward getting back to some sense of normalcy, and today’s news makes all of that work worthwhile.”