The announcement signals the end of social and business restrictions that have upended life since the first case of the deadly virus arrived in Michigan in March 2020, infecting nearly 890,000 residents and killing 18,740.
The decision marks the second major revision of Whitmer’s “vacc to normal” plan in the past two weeks.
The first-term Democrat last week lifted the state’s mask mandate for fully vaccinated residents following new guidance from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Those CDC guidelines, which also said social distancing is no longer necessary for fully vaccinated people, warranted further revisions to the state’s reopening plan, Whitmer said.