Jim Saunders - News Service of Florida
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Gov. Ron DeSantis tried to contrast Florida with what he described as a “calamitous reality” in other states of closed schools and shuttered businesses. -
The order, issued late Friday afternoon, allows physicians to vaccinate people who are deemed “extremely vulnerable” to the disease.
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After months of legal wrangling across Florida about mask requirements during the COVID-19 pandemic, a challenge to a county mask mandate has gone to the state Supreme Court.
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As of Friday, long-term care facilities were linked to about 35 percent of the 28,565 deaths of Floridians from COVID-19, according to a report released by the state Department of Health.
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The lawsuit contends that a Miami Beach deli worker was infected in late March by another employee who came to work with COVID-19.
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A statement issued by the White House said the prosecution has been “widely cited as a case study in overcriminalization.”
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State data show that the vast majority of the deaths involve residents of nursing homes and ALFs, with one facility in Miami-Dade accounting for 70 resident deaths and another for 56.
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With more than 1,000 reported deaths in less than two weeks, the number of Florida residents who have died with COVID-19 exceeded 21,000 on Saturday, according to the state Department of Health.
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The governments and groups have filed requests to submit briefs in support of Palm Beach County and Boca Raton, which sought a rehearing after a ruling by a federal appeals court panel.
