LANSING (AP) — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Wednesday that her administration is assessing the risk of reopening Michigan businesses that have been closed for five months under her orders to curb the spread of the coronavirus, saying she will have more to say next week.
Movie theaters, gyms and indoor pools are among the places that remain barred from operating in much of the state amid the pandemic. The Democratic governor told reporters her office is working with the state health department to “drill down” into businesses that are closed, “where we can do another assessment on risk mitigation and determine if we might consider making some improvements in the policy.”
Whitmer said other states have taken “bad” steps that “we don't want to do,” but there are “perhaps some things that they have done and been successful.”
She has come under criticism from the owners of theaters and fitness clubs — which are now open with capacity restrictions in many other states — for letting Detroit casinos reopen at 15 percent capacity about two weeks ago while keeping their businesses shut except in northern counties.
Other closed operations including amusement parks, arcades, bingo halls, bowling alleys, indoor climbing centers, indoor dance areas, skating rinks, trampoline parks, water parks and other similar recreational or entertainment facilities.
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