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(WSVN) - Cities and towns across South Florida are starting to order their residents and visitors to wear face coverings while inside certain businesses. Local leaders say masks can be homemade using something as simple as a bandanna or scarf.
Miami-Dade
Miami-Dade County: Miami-Dade County has ordered residents and workers must wear masks inside restaurants, grocery stores, pharmacies, public transit and on construction sites. Also included are drivers in vehicles for hire.
City of Miami: Residents and workers must wear masks inside retail stores, grocery stores, pharmacies and on construction sites beginning at 11:59 p.m., Wednesday. The order also applies to food delivery workers.
Cutler Bay: Customers and workers must wear face coverings inside restaurants, grocery stores, pharmacies and during deliveries. The order goes into effect Friday at 11:59 p.m.
Miami Beach: Miami Beach workers and customers must cover their nose and mouth while inside grocery stores, pharmacies and restaurants. The order does not apply to walking outside, although it’s recommended by the county in accordance to Centers for Disease Control (CDC) guidelines.
Miami Lakes: All workers and customers at restaurants, grocery stores and pharmacies must cover their nose and mouth. Other essential businesses with 10 or more people inside must also follow this order.
City of Homestead: Residents are urged to wear a mask while out in public.
North Miami: Employees and customers must wear face coverings inside grocery stores, pharmacies, restaurants. Residents must also wear a mask while conducting any activity that requires in-person engagement.
Hialeah: All individuals must wear a mask when conducting essential business that involves person-to-person contact. This includes grocery stores, pharmacies and restaurants.
Miami Gardens: All individuals must wear a mask inside grocery stores, pharmacies, restaurants and retail stores. Workers at construction sites must also follow the order. Effective midnight, Saturday.
Palmetto Bay: All individuals inside grocery stores, pharmacies and restaurants must wear a mask. Effective 11:59 PM, Saturday.
Broward County
Broward County: Effective at 12:01 a.m., Saturday, all residents must cover their nose and mouth with a cloth mask while inside essential businesses. The order excludes children under the age of 2 and those with difficulty breathing.
Miramar: All individuals will be ordered to wear a nose and mouth covering in public, including workers at grocery stores, hardware stores, pharmacies and restaurants starting April 13. Delivery service workers must also follow the order.
Oakland Park: Residents are urged to wear a cloth face covering when engaging in an essential service or activity.
Plantation: Every person working, living, visiting or doing business in the City of Plantation is encouraged to wear a cloth facial covering while in any public place.
Hallandale Beach: Anybody outside of their home must wear a cloth mask or face covering consistent with CDC guidelines.
Fort Lauderdale: All individuals inside any and all essential services and businesses must wear a mask.
Monroe County
Key West: Key West has ordered residents to cover their nose and mouth while inside businesses until further notice.
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