A restaurant worker closes up the News Cafe prior to the 8pm curfew, imposed due to Florida's climbing numbers of Covid-19 cases, in Miami Beach, Florida July 18, 2020. — Reuters pic
Florida reported 10,347 new Covid-19 cases and 90 deaths yesterday, bringing the total death toll to 5,072. On July 6, Corcoran ordered schools to reopen for the academic year that begins in August, unleashing a tsunami of protests from parents, teachers and pediatricians. The governor, who has come under fire for his handling of the public health response and his opposition to ordering people to wear face masks, was interrupted by protesters chanting, “You're lying,” as he made the appeal at the OneBlood donor centre in Orlando.
Lines of people hoping to get tested, however, can stretch for almost a mile, and the results take seven to 10 days to come back, during which time contagious people can easily infect others.