Florida Bars Can Reopen at 50% Capacity Starting On Monday
Last night the news came in that Florida bars can once again serve alcohol. These changes go into effect on Monday at 12:01 am. This is after two and a half months of being closed because of the coronavirus pandemic.
We are rescinding amended EO 20-09 from DBPR as of Monday. Starting Monday, all bars will be reopened at 50% occupancy. pic.twitter.com/YqQR2MkJpR
— HalseyBeshears (@HalseyBeshears) September 10, 2020
As you can see from the tweet above, Halsey Beshears, secretary of the Department of Business and Professional Regulation made the announcement that he was rescinding the order that closed most bars in the state. According to a piece in the Orlando Sentinel, DeSantis had been hinting that he was eager to reopen bars telling brewery owners last week that he was “working hard on it.”
Bars in the state have been closed since June 26 when Beshears passed an order banning alcohol after several violations of the initial reopening of bars at 50% capacity. Bars and vendors throughout the state were not following reopening guidelines which made the enforcement “impractical and insufficient.”
The only bars allowed to remain open were those that served food. DeSantis had from the beginning said that it was Beshear’s decision to close bars. At the time the restriction was put into place 8,942 new COVID-19 cases were reported with Florida numbers peaking to 15,000 cases by July 12th.
On Thursday, Florida reported 2,583 new cases of coronavirus pushing the statewide total to 654,731 infected.
This is a story that we’ll continue to follow closely here at MickeyBlog. Readers are encouraged to keep following along for further news and updates.
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Source: Orlando Sentinel