Developing story: Hialeah Police officers have been told to wear gloves and N95 masks while working in the city, even in the stations and office, to protect themselves from COVID19 — only the masks expired in 2013. But don’t worry, they might still work against the coronavirus. And it’s better than nothing. Photos received by Ladra […]
This is extremely concerning during an existential pandemic threat: Ladra did not get neither the text message nor the robocall that apparently went out from Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez Friday urging people to “remain in their homes except for essential activities.” I signed up on the county website to get COVID19 alerts. Has Ladra been scrubbed […]
The Miami city commission met virtually Wednesday via a Zoom video conferencing platform that allowed the public to participate in a one-way sort of manner — through emails, video recordings and voice recordings played during the meeting — and where commissioners voted unanimously to create a 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. COVID19 curfew starting Friday. Now […]
All Miami-Dade Courts are going to remain closed except for the most critical cases at least through mid-April due to the coronavirus outbreak and community spread of COVID19. The criminal courthouse needs a deep cleaning anyway after it was determined this week that two of the three county corrections officers who tested positive for COVID19 had […]
As the number of COVID19 positives grow, so will the measures governments take to try to contain the coronavirus pandemic that is shaking the entire country. On Tuesday, both Miami and Miami Beach issued shelter-in-place orders that does more than just “urge” residents to stay home, it requires them to — except under the same type and […]
The second day of the second week of the Miami-Dade COVID19 crisis and the number of positives in the county keeps rising, reaching 367 on Tuesday evening, which is almost 100 more than the 278 confirmed infected the night before. But experts and leaders say that trajectory is only so sharp because of an increase in […]
The cases of COVID19 infections continue to rise in Florida and Miami-Dade as the coronavirus is, reportedly, just getting started here. These dramatic increases are a result of more massive testing and are going to continue for the next couple of weeks, or months, depending on the expert. Either way, it ain’t over yet, folks. […]
For days, we’ve heard Miami officials talk about a drive-through COVID19 testing center at Marlins Park. On Monday, Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez thanked the University of Miami and Derek Jeter of the Miami Marlins and Miami Mayor Francis Suarez for joining up to provide the tests to a growing number of alarmed people. But the seniors come […]
The shit is getting real. The threat of coronavirus and community spread of COVID19 is getting more dire every day as 58 more people in Miami-Dade tested positive by Sunday night for a total of 227 — and 50 of those cases were reported between the Florida Health Department’s morning and its evening briefing. At least 37 […]
Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez had to walk back his fourth executive order to curb the coronavirus community spread on Saturday, reversing gears from Thursday, when he closed pawn shops as one of the non-essential businesses. Pawn shops was in the middle of a long list of businesses that were ordered closed in a press release and in […]