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MIAMI GARDENS, FLA. (WSVN) - Florida Gov. Ron Desantis called South Florida the state’s coronavirus epicenter with about 60% of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the area.
Desantis said, “The more you can do now to stop the spread, the greater opportunity you’re going to have to ultimately defeat it.”
State and county leaders met at the hard rock stadium testing site Monday to share a united message, “safer at home”.
Desantis said, “We’re going guns blazing doing all that we can to be able to slow the spread.”
The governor’s safer at home executive order includes Miami-Dade, Broward, Monroe and Palm Beach counties.
Miami-Dade county Mayor Carlos Gimenez said, “The order you announced today establishes a level of uniformity for all of South Florida so that our residents can clearly understand that we can all get back to normal quicker if we all join in this together.”
Broward County Mayor Dale Holness said, “It affects us all and we are in this together and clearly what is being done today is that we are demonstrating that.”
Palm Beach County Mayor Dave Kerner said, “We need to make this a way of life and we will all be very, very thankful and much better for it.”
Gimenez said “Unfortunately some people aren’t taking this seriously and they are not practicing social distancing.”
Miami-Dade’s mayor recorded a message, after joining the governor at hard rock.
He had a strong message to the people who live in his county, ordering the closure of all gyms and pools at apartment buildings and condos.
Gimenez said, “In addition I want to stress the golf courses that I ordered closed cannot turn into parks.”
At least for now, the governor’s order will stay in place through mid-April.
Desantis said, “Everyday, where you can make progress against this virus is a huge, huge deal.”
Desantis also signed an executive order to let former law enforcement and former healthcare workers to come out of retirement and join the fight against COVID-19.
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