At the time of opening, it was only for people with symptoms who are over 50 and healthcare workers with symptoms. The site, which opened Friday afternoon, is the first city-run drive-through location where people can be swabbed to determine if they have the coronavirus. Tim Walz’s stay-home order, which has been extended through May 3.Ī medical worker zips up a completed nasal swab sample kit at the city's coronavirus testing site next to Citizens Bank Park in South Philadelphia on Friday, March 20, 2020. Paul to voice opposition to Democratic Gov. Some protesters met Thursday outside the governor’s mansion in St. The Michigan Nurses Association issued a statement calling the protest “irresponsible” and saying it “sends exactly the opposite message that nurses and healthcare professionals are trying to get across: we are begging people, please stay home.” “I think every single person here is probably going to get coronavirus, we’re all within six feet of each other,” Nick Somber told WILX. It includes restrictions like prohibiting most people from traveling between residences unless they’re taking care of a relative or dropping off a child.īut not everyone stayed in their cars, per WILX – some stood on the grounds of the state Capitol.

Whitmer has extended the state’s stay-home order through April 30. Politics and public health collide in Michigan as governor faces angry protests over coronavirus shutdown

(Photo by JEFF KOWALSKY / AFP) (Photo by JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP via Getty Images) JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP via Getty Images The group is upset with Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer's(D-MI) expanded the states stay-at-home order to contain the spread of the coronavirus. People take part in a protest for 'Michiganders Against Excessive Quarantine' at the Michigan State Capitol in Lansing, Michigan on April 15, 2020. “I realize how important this virus is, but now we’re getting to the point where we’re shutting too much stuff down,” protester Tom Hughey, who said he has a small business and works for Ford Motor Company, told CNN affiliate WILX. The action, dubbed “Operation Gridlock” by its organizers, choked Lansing with traffic for miles. Protesters in Whitmer’s state crowded the streets of the capital on Wednesday by staying in their cars. “The sad part is, though, that the more they’re out and about, the more likely they are to spread Covid-19,” Whitmer said, “and the more likely we’re going to have to take this posture for a longer period of time.” People are getting “stir crazy” at home, she said, and they’re worried about paying the bills. “A small segment of the state is protesting and that’s their right,” Michigan Gov. Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, Minnesota, North Carolina and Utah – states led by both Republican and Democratic governors – have all seen protests in recent days as people grow more concerned about the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic. Protesters gathered in several state capitals this week to voice their opposition to stay-at-home orders issued to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus.

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