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Before him alarming increase in coronavirus cases In some parts of the United States, several Florida mayors have chosen to tighten restrictions and even impose curfews to try to prevent the collapse of health.
Specifically, the governments of Miami-Dade and Broward, in the southeast of Florida, two of the COVID-19 outbreaks in that southern state, on Friday toughened fines for mask-wearing violators or distancing rules for businesses and called for “personal responsibility” to prevent another shutdown of the economy.
Meanwhile, the Governor Ron DeSantis, who refuses to order the mandatory use of face masks, announced a $ 75 million item to help with rent and mortgage payments for those affected by the pandemic.
Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach, in southeast Florida, epicenter of contagion in the state, will receive $ 7.5 million, $ 7.5 and $ 4.8 million, respectively, in housing aid.
DeSantis, who has minimized the explosion of cases occurred since mid-June, also noted that there is still a 21% availability of beds. “The thing is that we have capacity, we have the capacity to care for people, and with COVID-19, although it is important, it is only a fraction of people in hospitals,” she said.
Meanwhile, Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Giménez, tightened fines for those who do not wear masks, the violation is $ 100, as well as businesses that do not comply with the distance and occupancy regulations, $ 500, with the probability of temporary closure for repeat offenders.
Likewise, it announced another 400 hotel rooms available for people infected with COVID-19 in the county, which reported today a total of 4,664 hospitalizations.
The county is the focus of contagion in Florida, with 77,867 confirmed cases of the more than 327,000 of the state, and 1,270 deaths out of a total of 4,912 deaths occurred in the state. Miami-Dade also has the highest average of COVID-19 test positives in the last 14 days, at 27.05%, according to Giménez.
For his part, the mayor of MiamiFrancis Suárez, who met with businessmen on Friday to discuss the possibility of a new closure, pointed out that people without wearing a mask in public will be fined without a first warning.
Curfew
Meanwhile, the neighboring county of Broward ordered to depart tonight and until August 1 a daily curfew, between 11 at night and 5 in the morning, similar to what has been in place in Miami-Dade for weeks.
County administrator Bertha Henry enacted the measure in response to the increase in cases, which approaching 37,000, including 477 deaths, as well as hospitalizations, which reached 2,746.
In addition, meetings of more than ten people in the homes were prohibited, and the use of masks will be mandatory for those who go to the gyms, who must keep it on even while exercising.
“I am imploring the public to take responsibility, personal responsibility,” Broward Mayor Dale Holness said at a news conference.
In Miami-Dade, meanwhile, restaurants maintain a ban on serving diners inside the establishment, only outdoor tables are allowed.
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