Governor shutting down bars, restaurants.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

Governor shutting down bars, restaurants.

LANSING — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer will order all bars and restaurants in Michigan to shut down dine-in services as a response to the COVID-19 coronavirus threat. The governor is expected to announce later today that the temporary shut down will go into effect at 3 p.m. today.

The executive order given by the governor today includes the closure of the following:

• Restaurants/coffee houses/cafes
• Bars/Taverns/Brew pubs
• Cigar bars
• Theaters
• Libraries
• Museums
• Fitness centers and gymnasiums
• Casinos
• Places of public amusement such as bowling alleys
• Golf courses or private clubs