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The Daily Telegram Lenawee Intermediate School District officials decided early last week to continue to require the use of face masks inside buildings and buses, even for people who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19.  Later in the week, state health officials recommended that schools continue to require face masks be worn inside schools. Other county school districts either made announcements that they would keep their mask requirements or made no announcement, leaving their current COVID-19 preparedness plans in place. Blissfield and the LISD are allowing students to remove their...

Whitmer to speed reopening plan that's tied to vaccine rate DAVID EGGERT, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail In this photo provided by the Michigan Office of the Governor, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer addresses the state during a speech, Wednesday, May 12, 2021, in Lansing, Mich. Michigan health officials are urging primary care physicians to enroll to administer COVID-19 vaccines, as the state prepares to quickly begin vaccinating 12- to 15-year-olds following U.S. authorization. The push to make doses available in physicians' offices will complement the state's focus on taking mobile clinics t...

Gari Garaialde/Getty Images Changes to state and federal guidance on mask-wearing sent a new dose of uncertainty through Michigan school communities in recent days, sparking thorny debates and confusion about who should wear masks at school and under what circumstances. But little seems likely to change in classrooms across the state: Federal health authorities clarified over the weekend that schools should continue with their current safety precautions, which generally include mask requirements. “For the most part, the mask requirement will remain the same for the year,” said Nikolai Vi...

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer plans to soon accelerate a plan that ties the further loosening of coronavirus restrictions to Michigan’s vaccination rate, her office said Wednesday.

LANSING — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer plans to soon accelerate a plan that ties the further loosening of coronavirus restrictions to Michigan's vaccination rate, her office said Wednesday, citing the federal government's recent recommendation that fully vaccinated people can largely stop wearing masks. …