Nursing Homes and COVID-19: Michigan Governor Extends Controversial Order as Lawmaker Calls for Probe

Whitmer this week was taken to task by local media for extending her nursing home order.

Elderly people have needlessly been exposed to the virus and died as a result of this order," read an editorial in The Detroit News.

The editorial reported that one local lawmaker, who could not get answers as to how many COVID-19 deaths had occurred in nursing homes, sent a letter on Monday to the district's US Attorney and Michigan Attorney General requesting separate probes of Whitmer's order.