Florida bars, restaurants close week after reopening

This photo shows workers protesting against premature reopening of the Tesla factory, owned by billionaire Elon Musk, in California, USA. Which endangers workers with COVID-19 infection.

Premature reopening for money costs health, lives (and, ultimately money).

New York Governor Cuomo considering a quarantine on travelers from Florida as coronavirus cases rise: here.

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Gino Spocchia (Independent) reports on businesses in Florida that have needed to shut down again as the state’s second coronavirus wave hits.

Three months after the Covid-19 pandemic forced bars and restaurants to close in Florida, some businesses have shut within one week of reopening as coronavirus cases spike in the state. At least six bars in northern and central Florida have now announced their closures amid new Covid-19 cases, which peaked on Sunday.

The state’s health department has since confirmed two consecutive days with more than 2,000 new cases, breaking records set when the pandemic began in March.

That announcement came almost one week on from Florida’s second reopening phase permitting bars, cinemas and tattoo shops to welcome customers with some restrictions, as mandated under governor Ron DeSantis’ reopening plan.

Still, increased Covid-19 transmission in Florida has forced some businesses to shut down. A…

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