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 […]
The town of Miami Lakes may have become the first municipality in the country last year to allow residents to not just watch, but appear and speak at public meetings from anywhere in the world. They use Zoom, a video communication platform companies have been using as a conferencing solution for years, that transports residents to a flat […]
Updated: And from the better late than never category: The Seminole Tribe of Florida finally closed its casinos to help curb the community spread of COVID-19, Miami Beach hotels are shutting down and Miami-Dade transit finally cut bus and Metrorail service on Friday — Day 5 of the all voluntary #StayHome movement — but only after […]
Updated: Okay, now it’s almost everything that will be closed. Almost. Starting Friday, you can’t do a lot of things. You can’t get your hair cut. You can’t get your nails done. You can’t pawn your watch to buy groceries. You can’t buy shoes or shirts. You can’t play golf. You can’t play tennis. You […]