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Michigan prison, McLaren Hospital among workplaces cited for alleged COVID-19 violations

2021-03-04T13:47:52-05:00

A Michigan hospital and state corrections facility are among the workplaces cited by the state for coronavirus-related safety violations. Violations and fines were issued by the Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration as a result of inspections that turned up inadequate safety measures and failures to protect workers. Read more: https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2021/02/26/mdoc-mclaren-among-employers-cited-covid-19-violations/6840826002/ [...]

Michigan prison, McLaren Hospital among workplaces cited for alleged COVID-19 violations2021-03-04T13:47:52-05:00

Johnson & Johnson ups Michigan COVID-19 vaccine supply to nearly 500,000 doses this week

2021-03-04T13:44:06-05:00

Michigan is expected to get 82,700 doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine this week a spokesperson for the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. Along with other COVID-19 vaccination drug shipments, Michigan will see its biggest shipment this first week of March at a time when demand far exceeds supply. Read more: [...]

Johnson & Johnson ups Michigan COVID-19 vaccine supply to nearly 500,000 doses this week2021-03-04T13:44:06-05:00

Whitmer plans to ease restrictions

2021-03-04T13:40:40-05:00

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said her administration will announce the further loosening of restrictions across Michigan. Currently a state health department order limits indoor restaurant capacity to 25%, imposes a 10 p.m. curfew and restricts the size of inside residential gatherings to no more than 10 people from two households, through March 29. Read more: https://www.dailypress.net/news/local-news/2021/02/whitmer-plans-to-ease-restrictions/ [...]

Whitmer plans to ease restrictions2021-03-04T13:40:40-05:00

More than half of all COVID-19 cases in Michigan prisons are in Ionia County

2021-02-18T15:26:57-05:00

Fox News reports that of the nearly 900 positive cases of COVID-19 in the Michigan prison system, more than half of those cases are found in Ionia County. The Michigan Department of Corrections also noted that the UK variant of COVID-19 was found at Bellamy Creek Correctional Facility in Ionia. This strain is believed [...]

More than half of all COVID-19 cases in Michigan prisons are in Ionia County2021-02-18T15:26:57-05:00

Highly contagious COVID-19 strain found at Michigan prison

2021-02-18T15:26:52-05:00

The Detroit Free Press reports that prisoners and staff at a state correctional facility in Michigan are now being tested daily for the coronavirus after the detection of the highly contagious B.1.1.7 variant of coronavirus. The variant, which first appeared in the United Kingdom in September, spreads more easily than other previously identified strains. [...]

Highly contagious COVID-19 strain found at Michigan prison2021-02-18T15:26:52-05:00

Michigan prisons looking for new variants of COVID-19

2021-02-18T15:26:47-05:00

Michigan Public Radio reports that Michigan Department of Corrections is sending test results to labs to look for coronavirus variants. The variant of the virus from the United Kingdom (B.1.1.7) is thought to be about 50% more transmissionable than the original strain. It was first detected in Washtenaw County in mid-January and their are concerns that it [...]

Michigan prisons looking for new variants of COVID-192021-02-18T15:26:47-05:00

MI Prison Employee Tests Positive For Coronavirus Variant From UK

2021-02-18T15:26:39-05:00

A faster-spreading variant of coronavirus has been discovered for the first time at a Michigan prison reports Patch.com. The report notes that MDOC officials said an employee at the Bellamy Creek Correctional Facility in Ionia had tested positive for B.1.1.7, otherwise known as the U.K. variant of the coronavirus. It is the first known [...]

MI Prison Employee Tests Positive For Coronavirus Variant From UK2021-02-18T15:26:39-05:00

Activists, students criticize the exclusion of Michigan prisoners from Phase 1 COVID-19 vaccination

2021-02-04T16:44:42-05:00

The Michigan Daily reports that activists and students are criticizing Michigan's COVID immunization plan for not prioritizing individuals in prison. As COVID cases continue to rise in Michigan's prisons, activists and families of those in Michigan prisons are pressing for prisoners to have priority for vaccination because of living conditions in prison. Read more: [...]

Activists, students criticize the exclusion of Michigan prisoners from Phase 1 COVID-19 vaccination2021-02-04T16:44:42-05:00

Report: Michigan prisons near highest COVID rates in nation

2021-02-04T16:42:05-05:00

Traverse City Record Eagle reports that just as vaccination efforts begin in Michigan’s prisons, the data shows that the state has some of the highest COVID-19 infection and death rates in the nation. Michigan’s Department of Corrections suggests that due to wide-scale testing across the Michigan’s prison population that this may indicate that other [...]

Report: Michigan prisons near highest COVID rates in nation2021-02-04T16:42:05-05:00

Michigan Actually Released Fewer Prisoners In Pandemic’s First Year

2021-01-21T15:40:32-05:00

Deadline Detroit reports that fewer Michigan prisoners were actually released in the pandemic's first year. As Covid-19 rages in Michigan’s prisons, delivering death sentences to more than 120 people who didn't earn them, the Michigan Department of Corrections has insisted it’s doing everything in its power to keep inmates safe. But that hasn’t included [...]

Michigan Actually Released Fewer Prisoners In Pandemic’s First Year2021-01-21T15:40:32-05:00
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