Top Detroit news: City to offer COVID-19 tests for homeless people; GM moving fast on ventilators

Top Detroit news: City to offer COVID-19 tests for homeless people; GM moving fast on ventilatorsPhoto: David Shane/Flickr
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Published on March 31, 2020

Read on for the most recent top news you may have missed in Detroit.

Coronavirus sweeps through Detroit, a city that has seen crisis before

Cases of the virus were being reported around the city and in the police department. "Every day I drive home, I start crying," a nurse said.

Read the full story on The New York Times.

Detroit to offer COVID-19 testing for homeless people

Detroit will offer COVID-19 testing for individuals experiencing homelessness at a designated Salvation Army shelter.

Read the full story on Graham Media: WDIV Detroit.

Detroit restaurant owners question whether their businesses qualify as ‘essential’

Restaurants and cafes that planned to remain open with carry-out service are now closing out of concern for the health and safety of staff and customers.

Read the full story on Eater Detroit.

Police search for suspect who shot 62-year-old man 

Detroit police say the man was shot at 12:10 p.m. Sunday in the 18000 block of Alcoy Avenue. Anyone with information is asked to call the Detroit Police Department’s Ninth Precinct

Read the full story on CBS Detroit.

Trump uses wartime act, but GM says it's already moving fast

Twelve days ago, General Motors put hundreds of workers on an urgent project to build breathing machines as hospitals and governors pleaded for more in response to the coronavirus.

Read the full story on San Mateo Daily Journal.


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