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Last Friday the city of Miami administrator, Jimmy L. Morales, shared a memo announcing the first phase of a plan to reopen many of the businesses, for revive the economy and “be able to recover as quickly as possible, while minimizing the risk of relapse.”
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According to the memorandum, Miami will follow the recommendations of both the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, the latter recommends a phased opening. SAccording to the model in the Institute of Metrics and Health Assessments (IHME), June 8 could be the indicated date to start with the openings.
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According to the first drafts, the reopening would be divided into three sectors. The first in the “support structure”, Which includes essential systems for the economy such as: schools, day care centers, transport and government services.
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The second sector would serve exclusively for reopen the economy with hotel services, Retail stores, entertainment, and the Beaches. Meanwhile he last sector it would be for community, which would include opening parks, community centers and places of worship.
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“My team has examined how to reopen each part of the community that has been closed or reduced by emergency order and has proposed the reopening requirements for Phase one. This generally includes reduced capacity, high cleaning and disinfection, and protective masks. LBest practices and innovative ideas are also provided within the draft plan, recognizing that thinking outside the box is important in this ‘new normal’“Morales wrote.
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The measures that will have to be taken would be that the restaurants would operate at 50% of their capacity, while the tables will have to be two meters away. And, until further notice, they will have to supply customers with straws, for all beverages, to increase outside air flow, as well as use phone applications to take orders as well as to receive payments. It will be when phase two is reached that restaurants can begin to relax their restrictions and allow more people to access.
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However, the director of the IHME, Dr. Christopher Murray, warned states against rushing to free states from restrictions.
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“If people begin to return to normal social interaction or even progressively return, the risk of transmission will increase… and later will go back to the type of exponential increase that was occurring before establishing social distancing. The risk is very great for the resurgence of these first openings, “the doctor explained to CNN.
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For his part, the top expert in disease infections of the United States, the doctor Anthony Fauci, addressed a message on Monday to protesters who are ignoring sanitary restrictions.
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“Clearly this is affecting us from the point of view of the economy, from the point of view of things that have nothing to do with the virus“Fauci expressed in the program” Good Morning America “of the channel ABC.
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“Unless we reduce the virus, there will be no real reopening of the economy.. Therefore, if we act prematurely, if we create a situation that causes an upturn in the virus, that will be counterproductive, “he added. Therefore, he asked to continue with the recommendations for slow and gradual reopening.
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For now the state of Florida has a total of 30,839 people who gave positive to testing while there is 1,055 deaths from the new virus. At the national level the number is approaching a million confirmed cases, while 53,500 people have died.
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