Florida Governor FINALLY Issues Statewide Lockdown After Revealing Coronavirus Started Circulating During Super Bowl
This Wednesday, Florida governor Ron DeSantis issued a statewide lockdown just a day after revealing the coronavirus started circulating in Miami during the Super Bowl in early February!
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Initially, the Republican had refused to lockdown the wild state even despite cases of coronavirus spiking to nearly 7,000, with 857 people hospitalized and 87 dead, the Daily Mail reports. However, following major pressure from people in and out of the state, DeSantis finally decided to do what’s right.
He explained Wednesday, “I’m going to be doing an executive order today directing all Floridians to limit movements and personal interactions outside the home to only those necessary to obtain or provide essential services or conduct essential activities.” Ron DeSantis said the order will go into effect Thursday at midnight and will last 30 days.
“At this point, even though there’s a lot of places in Florida that have very low infection rates, it makes sense to make this move now.”
As we previously reported, more than 30 others states had already issued such orders a week or more ago. Meanwhile, Florida is now on track to become the next coronavirus epicenter in the US as the number of cases continue to spike, the Daily Mail reports.
Before this move, DeSantis shared that testing in the state started around the same time as the big Super Bowl. But, it was only for those who had been to certain parts of China. The first confirmed case was confirmed a month later on March 1.
“The numbers are pretty stark. I think this thing was circulating during the Super Bowl. Now, Miami’s rate of cases is a lot higher than statewide,” he said Tuesday.
As the news site notes, there are now more than 200,000 confirmed coronavirus cases across the nation; the death toll stands at 4,391.
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