With declining cases of COVID-19, South Africa’s president has announced that it is no longer mandatory to wear masks outdoors and vaccinated travelers entering the country are no longer required to produce negative PCR tests.

LANSING, Mich. – Lawmakers have gone to court over Michigan’s stay-at-home orders -- Republican lawmakers claim Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is breaking the law, but with nearly 50,000 confirmed cases in Michigan, Whitmer said she’s trying to save lives. Republican lawmakers claim Whitmer has overstepped her authority by issuing emergency orders due to the pandemic and argue she needs approval from Lansing to extend executive orders. RELATED: WATCH: Michigan Court of Claims hearing on Legislature suit vs. Whitmer’s emergency ordersMichigan is currently under its third emergency declaration since the first case of COVID-19 in March. The judge did say she believe the case could go up to Michigan Supreme Court.

Gretchen Whitmer signed an Executive Order on Thursday extending the State of Emergency through May 28. Lots of Michigan State Police and House sergeants at arms blocking door. pic.twitter.com/4FNQpimP4W — Rod Meloni (@RodMeloni) April 30, 2020The video shows the crowd from the American Patriot Rally organized by the group Michigan United for Liberty. The Legislature agrees and voted no to an extended state of emergency, claiming Whitmer refused to negotiate any increased opening of the state’s economy. "But I am not going to make decisions about our public health based on political games.”The Legislature is expected to file a lawsuit over the state of emergency sometime next week.

Michigan Legislature expected to file lawsuit over State of Emergency extensionPublished: May 1, 2020, 12:13 pmMichigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed an Executive Order on Thursday extending the State of Emergency through May 28. The Legislature refused to extend the declaration. Whitmer was asking for a 28 day extension before she extended it herself.

Gretchen Whitmer and the Legislature over a State of Emergency declaration extension resulted in the governor using her powers to extend it herself. Whitmer signed an Executive Order extending both the State of Emergency and State of Disaster through May 28. The original State of Emergency declaration was set to expire at midnight Friday. MORE: Extending State of Emergency is not the same thing as extending stay-at-home orderThe Republican-led Legislature refused to extend the declaration. In the meantime, the stay-at-home order is in effect until May 15.

Gretchen Whitmer signed an Executive Order on Thursday extending the State of Emergency through May 28. The Republican-led Legislature refused to extend the declaration. Whitmer used the Emergency Powers of the Governor Act of 1945 to extend the order. She also extended the State of Disaster through May 28. By refusing to extend the emergency and disaster declaration, Republican lawmakers are putting their heads in the sand and putting more lives and livelihoods at risk.

FLINT, Mich. – A curfew will be instituted in Flint to slow the spread of coronavirus, starting Thursday. UPDATE -- April 1, 2020: Michigan coronavirus cases up to 9,334; Death toll rises to 337During a Facebook Live event, Mayor Sheldon Neeley said the curfew aims to limit the amount of people in public and increase social distancing. Whitmer officially declared a state of disaster Wednesday after the amount of coronavirus cases in Michigan reached nearly 10,000. Michigan coronavirus timeline: Key dates, COVID-19 case tracking, state ordersGenesee County, as of April 1, 2020, has 249 confirmed cases of COVID-19. More information on coronavirus (COVID-19):

Gretchen Whitmer has formally declared a state of disaster due to the economic, educational and civic issues caused by the coronavirus (COVID-19) in the state. “The governor has taken a number of critical steps to protect Michigan families, and this order today will allow that work to continue. On March 10, Whitmer declared a state of emergency in Michigan to address the COVID-19 pandemic. In just three weeks, the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Michigan surpassed 9,000 confirmed cases. Whitmer has ordered nonessential businesses to temporarily suspend in-person operations and directed all residents to stay in their homes, with limited exceptions.