Reportedly, business owners in Florida county that includes Orlando face increased enforcement of a coronavirus mask mandate across the county.
“We are going to put together some strike teams that will go out into the community, to ensure that companies better comply with executive orders and other CDC directives that have been implemented,” said Mayor Jerry Demings. Orange County said Thursday.
The action occurs when the Florida virus outbreak continues to spiral out of control.
Guests take their temperature before entering the Magic Kingdom’s official reopening day at Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Florida on July 11. Disney reopened two Florida parks, Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom, on Saturday with limited capacity and security protocols in place. (Joe Burbank / Orlando Sentinel via AP)
About 12,000 Floridians tested positive for the coronavirus on Thursday. The number of virus cases in the state now totals 327,000.
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There were 128 deaths from COVID-19 on Thursday, the third consecutive day, more than 100 people died in the state from the virus.
Demings wants attack teams to target theme parks, gyms, retail stores and restaurants that have been the subject of mask complaints, WKMG-TV reported.
The establishments will not be informed of the arrival of the inspectors.
Masks were required in public places in Orange County last month.
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Demings said warnings will be issued that could lead to the closing of a business, the station reported.
“I am not sure they will close on site unless it is egregious,” he said, according to the station. “It should be weird that they shut someone down on the spot.”
Ninoshka Rodríguez told WESH-TV that he sees many people in Orange County without masks.
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“They are walking like nothing and that’s how you get sick,” he said. “This is how the virus is transmitted more.”
