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

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

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) issued a new emergency order effective Wednesday, November 18, 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.

The main impact of this new order will be no indoor dining allowed during the three week duration of the order.

Read the Emergency Order under MCL 333.2253 – Gatherings and Face Mask Order