Florida News That Impacts You – June 7th, 2021
Bottom Line: Your daily recap of the some of the biggest news from around the state that impacts you in South Florida.
- Florida is moving to weekly COVID-19 reporting updates, as opposed to daily, effective this week. Updates from the Florida Department of Health will be released on Friday’s. The state made the move as the trend in cases has fallen to the lowest since June 13th of last year and hospitalizations have dropped to their lowest levels since May of last year.
- Royal Caribbean has decided to waive the vaccine mandate for passengers. They’d previously stated all cruise passengers and crew would have to be vaccinated to sail. The mandate stood in contrast to Florida and Texas law. The cruise line said all crew will be vaccinated and while passengers won’t have to be vaccinated, surveys of cruise passengers have shown 90% of would-be passengers have been vaccinated.
- Sprouts Farmer’s market has announced six new stores will be opened in South Florida this year. The new locations will be in Boynton Beach, Dania Beach, Homestead, Miami, Oakland Park and West Palm Beach. Approximately 600 jobs will be added with the new locations.
- The Honda Classic has announced 100 South Florida charities will be awarded a near-record $5.1 million in grants. Despite capped attendance at this year’s tournament the total is only $200,000 short of a pre-pandemic record. The Classic will have distributed over $55 million to South Florida’s charities since the onset of the annual tournament.
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