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Cafe D'Mongos in Detroit pre-pandemic. It closed in March 2020 and reopens next month.
The world changed in March 2020. The Coronavirus did the unimaginable, shutting down businesses and offices and canceling sporting events and concerts. We found ourselves living a sci-fi movie (and watching quite a few, too).
Now, after more than a year of restrictions on gatherings and wearing masks, things will roll back 15 months to just before the state started confirming Covid cases.
Capacity in indoor and outdoor settings increases to 100 percent Tuesday and the state will no longer require masks, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer decided.
"We have all been looking forward to, as we can safely get back to normal day-to-day activities and put this pandemic behind us," she said last week. "We owe a tremendous debt of gratitude to the medical experts and health professionals who stood on the front lines to keep us all safe.
"Our top priority going forward is utilizing the federal relief funding in a smart, sustainable way as we put Michigan back to work and jumpstart our economy. We have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to ensure that Michigan's families, small businesses, and communities emerge from this pandemic stronger than ever before."
Nearly 61 percent of Michiganders have their first vaccine (8.1 million residents over 16) and half the state has both shots.
These other requirement end:
- Temporary llimits on visits to congregate care and juvenile justice facilities
- Mandatory testing for health department juvenile justice facility staff
- Mandatory tests for workers at health department hospitals and centers
- Safe housing for housing unstable individuals
- Handling of bodily remains
- Safe housing for Michigan homeless
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