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PHOTOS: MDHHS Issues Three-Week Epidemic Order to Save Lives, Protect Frontline Heroes During Fall COVID-19 Surge

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New order limits indoor and outdoor gatherings where COVID-19 is more likely to spread from person to person 

LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) issued a new emergency order today that enacts a three-week pause targeting indoor social gatherings and other group activities in an effort to curb rapidly rising COVID-19 infection rates. Governor Whitmer, Chief Medical Executive and MDHHS Chief Deputy for Health Dr. Joneigh Khaldun, and MDHHS Director Robert Gordon held a press conference this evening to discuss this new order.  

To view the graph from Director Gordon’s PowerPoint presentation, click the link below:  

See below for photos from the governor’s press conference: 

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