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Grand Rapids Business Journal 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. An announcement will come in within days, at most a week, spokesman Bobby Leddy said. “We feel confident that our state can begin taking even greater steps to get back to normal now that a majority of Michiganders have received their vaccine,” he said. Nearly 5...

The guidance is a recommendation, not an order. But it comes amid a flurry of changes to pandemic rules that have left some confused and frustrated.

© Getty Images Michigan health officials are telling schools that students, teachers and other faculty should still wear masks for the rest of the school year regardless of vaccination status. Bob Wheaton, a spokesman for the state health department, told The Associated Press that the new guidelines will be announced Wednesday. Most students have less than a month of school left for the academic year, but mask mandates throughout the country are beginning to shift due to increased vaccination rates. ADVERTISEMENT Michigan has lifted its outdoor mask mandate for both vaccinated and unvacci...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan's health department will urge schools to continue making...

Mask rules in Michigan: Answering your biggest questions after CDC's newest guidance Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press Fully vaccinated Americans can stop wearing masks inside most places Replay Video UP NEXT To mask or not to mask: That is the question Americans are increasingly asking since new guidelines from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention were announced last week. People who are fully vaccinated for COVID-19 can now drop their masks and social distancing at most indoor locations, and the guidelines suggest it is safe for all Americans — vacci...