Florida News that impacts you – April 19th, 2021
Bottom Line: Your daily recap of the some of the biggest news from around the state that impacts you in South Florida.
- Florida’s weekly trend for cases began to level off over the weekend however the increase in new cases, which coincided Spring Break, stands at 6,381 over the past week. That’s about 300 more than a week ago and the highest since mid-February.
- Over 8 million Floridians have been vaccinated with at least a first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. This includes nearly 5.1 million who’ve completed a vaccine series. Related...
- Publix is leaving their vaccine portal open at all times for the ability to sign up for a Moderna vaccine. Publix notes that not all counties will have available vaccines at all times, so you should check back regularly if you’re not able to make an appointment near you and would like the Moderna vaccine from Publix. As of 4am Monday morning, 26 counties statewide had available appointments, though none in South Florida.
- With only two weeks left in Florida’s legislative session, a new bill limiting executive authority was filed in Florida’s House on Sunday. The legislation, introduced at Governor DeSantis’s request, would limit the governor’s unilateral spending authority during a declared emergency, would limit emergency orders issued by local governments to 42 days, would allow the governor to invalidate local orders and would ban vaccine passports (forced dissemination of one’s personal health information to a third party).
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