American Military News July 02, 2020 Justin P. Hicks - MiLive.com
Michigan is one of three states in which U.S. servicemen and women are barred from traveling to and from at this time due to increases in COVID-19 cases and/or positive tests.
The Midwest state joins California and Florida as the only other states that haven’t been given green status for personnel travel, according to a June 29 memo from the U.S. Department of Defense.
In order for a state to be cleared of DoD travel restrictions, it must remove its shelter-in-place orders or other travel restrictions, report a 14-day downward trajectory of flu-like and COVID-19-like symptoms, and report a 14-day downward trajectory of new COVID-19 cases or positive tests.
A spokesperson for the department said the three states not included on the list had not met the three-part criteria, as of Monday. The list is updated weekly.
But according to data from Johns Hopkins, several states have recently reported larger increases in new cases per 100,000 people per day than Michigan, including Alabama, Arizona, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nevada, South Carolina and Texas. Those states are considered green locations, meaning service personnel can travel freely there.
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