GRAND RAPIDS — Michigan's path to post-pandemic normalcy will depend on the state's vaccination rate, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced Thursday, April 28. Whitmer announced the "MI Vacc to Normal" plan, a framework that provides four vaccination milestones for the reopening of certain sectors like added capacity at indoor stadiums, lifting the curfew at restaurants and bars and lifting the state's indoor mask mandate. As more Michigan residents receive the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, more restrictions will be lifted. Here are the metrics for reopening: Two weeks after 4.5 million Michiganders have received their first vaccine dose (55% of the eligible population), the state will lift requirements that employers mandate employees work remotely where feasible.