18 | MARCH 5 • 2020 

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State of Michigan 
Prepares for 
Coronavirus

State and county agencies
get ready for COVID-19.

I

n response to the world-
wide spread of the coro-
navirus (COVID-19), 
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer 
activated the State Emergency 
Operations Center (SEOC), 
located in Lansing, on Friday, 
Feb. 28. The SEOC is coor-
dinating with state, local and 
federal agencies to prepare for 
possible COVID-19 cases.
As of press time, there have 
been no confirmed cases in 
Michigan. 
“Right now, we’
re harnessing 
all of the resources of state 
government to help people pre-
pare and keep themselves and 
their families safe,
” Whitmer 
said in a press release. “By 
activating the State Emergency 
Operations Center, we’
re ensur-
ing that every branch of state 
government is on alert, and 
actively coordinating to prevent 
the spread of coronavirus if 
it comes to Michigan. We are 
taking this step out of an abun-
dance of caution.
” 
Alongside Whitmer was 
Dr. Joneigh Khaldun, chief 
medical executive and chief 

deputy for health for Michigan 
Department of Health and 
Human Services (MDHHS), 
Department of Military and 
Veterans Affairs Director 
Major General Paul Rogers and 
Captain Emmitt McGowan of 
the Michigan State Police to 
inform Michiganders on how 
the state is preparing to protect 
the public health.
Since Feb. 3, the Michigan 
Department of Health and 
Human Services (MDHHS) 
activated the Community 
Health Emergency 
Coordination Center (CHECC) 
to support the local and state 
response to the potential 
threat of the coronavirus. The 
CHECC is working closely 
with local healthcare providers 
and public health agencies to 
create guidelines, provide edu-
cation and identify potential 
cases of COVID-19.
“While the current risk to 
the general public of getting 
COVID-19 is low, we need 
to use all of our public health 
tools to make sure we are 
prepared,
” Khaldun said in a 

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