Today: Whitmer to give update on Michigan COVID-19 response Crain's Detroit Business Michigan Governor's Office Gov. Gretchen Whitmer receives her first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine from Dr. Joneigh Khaldun, Michigan's chief medical executive, on Tuesday at Ford Field in Detroit. With COVID-19 numbers soaring to highs rivaling the height of the global health crisis, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Department of Health and Human Services Chief Medical Executive Dr. Joneigh Khaldun will provide an update this morning regarding the continued efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus. It's unknown if the governor will announce some further restrictions on activities as younger people are contracting the coronavirus while more people are getting vaccinated.