Michigan extends the mandate of the COVID mask to children up to 2 years old

DETROIT – Michigan has expanded COVID-19 order that implemented restrictions on gatherings, restaurants, entertainment venues and more.

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The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has expanded the mask requirements to include children ages 2 to 4. The order is valid until May 24.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer has stopped issuing new restrictions so far,

“I think it makes sense, actually,” said Dr. Rudolph Valentini, medical director at DMC Children’s Hospital.

Valentini considers that a mask mandate for children aged 2-4 is important, because now, when children have returned to school and sports, many get sick at the state level.

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“We see more children being hospitalized with COVID and more children in our community receiving COVID,” Valentini said. “It’s a challenge, no doubt. Show them that it is the right thing to do and they can continue. ”

According to Valentini, it is time for children to be added to the list of people who are part of it.

“We have done an excellent job of vaccinating the elderly and pushed the demographic number down, which is why I emphasize that adults need to receive the vaccine so that we can protect those under 16 who are not yet eligible to vaccinate. take theirs, ”Valentini said.