On April 1, 2020, in response to the widespread and severe health, economic, and social harms posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, I issued Executive Order 2020-33.
Since then, the virus spread across Michigan, bringing deaths in the thousands, confirmed cases in the tens of thousands, and deep disruption to this state’s economy, homes, and educational, civic, social, and religious institutions. This order declared a state of emergency across the state of Michigan under section 1 of article 5 of the Michigan Constitution of 1963, the Emergency Management Act, 1976 PA 390, as amended (EMA), MCL 30.401 et seq., and the Emergency Powers of the Governor Act of 1945, 1945 PA 302, as amended (EPGA), MCL 10.31 et seq. On that same day, I issued Executive Order 2020-4. On March 10, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services identified the first two presumptive-positive cases of COVID-19 in Michigan. There is currently no approved vaccine or antiviral treatment for this disease. It is caused by a new strain of coronavirus not previously identified in humans and easily spread from person to person.
The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is a respiratory disease that can result in serious illness or death. Temporary restrictions on certain events, gatherings, and businesses
