Whitmer Announces Full Michigan Reopening Ahead of Schedule

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer speaks during a mobilization event at Belle Isle Casino in Detroit, Michigan, with former US President Barack Obama and Democratic Presidential candidate and former US Vice President Joe Biden on Oct. 31, 2020. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Thursday announced that all statewide restrictions put in place to curb the transmission of COVID-19 would come to an end on June 22—more than a week ahead of schedule.

Pointing to an accelerated vaccination rate in the state and falling reported cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, the Democratic governor said that it’s time to “put this pandemic behind us.”