Miami-Dade County, in southeastern Florida, again imposed on Wednesday the obligation to wear a mask inside government facilities in the face of the “alarming” rebound in covid-19 in the state, a measure that will affect both employees as visitors.
“The masks are required (as of today) to employees and visitors in all the interior public spaces of the county, to protect us” from a possible contagion of the delta variant, said Daniella Levine Cava, mayor of Miami-Dade at a press conference. .
Its use is also mandatory in public transport services and airports under federal regulations, added Levine Cava, who warned about the “enormous and alarming” increase in coronavirus cases in our community and the country.
Given the seriousness of the rebound in coronavirus cases and a single weekly information on its incidence by the Government of Republican Ron DeSantis, the head of the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Democrat Nikki Fried, said today at a press conference which will offer “frequent” reports on covid-19 to meet the demand for information.
The state of Florida registers a rebound in weekly cases with an alarming 73,199 new infections in the week of July 16 to 22, an increase of 60% compared to the previous one (45,584 cases), more than any other state in the country, according to data from the Florida Department of Health (FHD) published last Friday.
The positivity rate in the state reached 15.1%, with an average of 10,000 new infections per day for a total accumulated of about 2.5 million cases since the start of the pandemic on March 1, 2020, according to the FHD, which now only reports the incidence of covid-19 once a week.
Although the Miami-Dade councilor did not announce the imposition of its use on companies or restaurants, she strongly recommended that employers and the general population wear the mask indoors or where there are people congregated, “especially those who are not vaccinated ”, He specified. Efe
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