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Detroit mayor: Reopen health care to people without virus

He says it's now time for residents with chronic conditions to be allowed to return to their doctors.

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FILE - In this March 5, 2019, file photo, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan delivers the State of the City at East English Village Preparatory Academy in Detroit, March. 5, 2019. Duggan is endorsing former Vice President Joe Biden in the race to challenge Donald Trump in the 2020 race for the White House. Duggan tells The Associated Press on Monday, July 22 that Biden “cares about the city and the auto industry and auto workers.” (Robin Buckson/Detroit News via AP)

DETROIT — The mayor of Detroit is expressing confidence in the city’s coronavirus turnaround. He says it's now time for residents with chronic conditions to be allowed to return to their doctors.

To stop the spread of the virus, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in March banned visits and procedures that weren’t related to preserving the health or safety of patients.

Mayor Mike Duggan says it made sense but that it’s time to ease up. Duggan says people with diabetes, health problems and even cancer haven't seen their doctors. More than 1,000 Detroit residents have died from complications of COVID-19. But Duggan says the numbers are slowing down.

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