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While wearing masks, Ishpeming’s Alex Sundberg, right, gets tangled up with Iron Mountain’s Caleb Evosevich-Hynes, second from right, trying to gain control of a loose ball during their high school basketball game played at the Hematites gym in Ishpeming on March 5. Also in on the play are Ishpeming s Jayce Kipling, second from left. (Photo courtesy Daryl T. Jarvinen)
DETROIT Attorneys for Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s administration defended coronavirus testing for school athletes, telling a judge Tuesday that state law gives the health director extraordinary power to respond to a pandemic.
A parent group called Let Them Play Michigan is seeking an injunction to stop weekly COVID-19 tests, which kicked in April 2 for athletes ages 13-19, related quarantines and mask requirements.
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DETROIT (AP) Attorneys for Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s administration defended coronavirus testing for school athletes, telling a judge Tuesday that state law gives the health director extraordinary power to respond to a pandemic.
A parent group called Let Them Play Michigan is seeking an injunction to stop weekly COVID-19 tests, which kicked in April 2 for athletes ages 13-19, related quarantines and mask requirements.
The group argues that the policy must go through a formal rule-making procedure, a process that would take weeks or months. Critics have been encouraged by recent court victories by wrestlers who convinced judges to let them compete in state tournaments. They had repeatedly tested negative but were benched because of infections among other students.
Michigan judge hears arguments over COVID tests for high school athletes, no ruling
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SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (FOX 2) - A Michigan judge heard arguments from Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s administration and attorneys for parents of high school athletes who are fighting the state s COVID-19 mandates including testing. However, he did not issue a ruling on either side.
Organizer Jayme McElvany spoke Tuesday, saying that the emergency injunction is necessary. I’m not willing to sit back and cross my fingers and hope that all of this just goes away, she said. That was asking them to halt the most recent rule handed down - the interim guidance for athletes being forced to test and for quarantine.
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People wearing face masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus walk on a street in Tokyo, Tuesday, April 27, 2021. Japan declared a state of emergency from Sunday to curb a rapid coronavirus resurgence, the third since the pandemic began. Koji Sasahara
Relatives carry a woman who fainted after seeing the body of her husband at a government COVID-19 hospital in Ahmedabad, India, Tuesday, April 27, 2021. Coronavirus cases in India are surging faster than anywhere else in the world. Ajit Solanki
A health worker prepares to administer the Pfizer s COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination center in Subang Jaya, Malaysia, Tuesday, April 27, 2021.
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1of18A relative of a patient who died of COVID-19, mourns outside a government COVID-19 hospital in Ahmedabad, India, Tuesday, April 27, 2021. Coronavirus cases in India are surging faster than anywhere else in the world.Ajit Solanki/APShow MoreShow Less
2of18A girl sits on a bench in Belen, Uruguay, Tuesday, April 27, 2021, amid the new coronavirus pandemic. More than one hundred of Belen s 1,700 residents are infected with COVID-19 while around three hundred are isolated waiting to be tested.Matilde Campodonico/APShow MoreShow Less
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4of18A teddy bear made with pieces of clothing that were worn by a COVID-19 victim, sits in the workshop of seamstress Irma de la Parra, in Mexico City, Saturday, April 24, 2021. De la Parra used to make teachers gowns, but school closings during the pandemic left her without a job. She took it upon herself to make teddy bears ou