Florida governor keeping beaches open amid coronavirus outbreak

Published March 19, 2020 2:12am ET



Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said he would leave the decision to close the state’s beaches to local governments amid the coronavirus outbreak.

“What we’re going to be doing for the statewide floor for beaches, we’re going to be applying the CDC guidance of no group on a beach more than 10 and you have to have distance apart if you’re going to be out there,” DeSantis said in a statement. “So that applies statewide.”

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