Florida Bars To Reopen At 50% Capacity On Monday

September 11, 2020 Coronavirus, Government

The Miami Herald reports:

The state will allow bars to reopen at 50% capacity starting Monday, Florida’s top business regulator announced via Twitter Thursday evening. But that’s not going to apply in Miami-Dade County.

Halsey Beshears, the secretary of the Department of Business and Professional Regulation, said that the state will rescind Executive Order 20-09, which forced some standalone bars and breweries to essentially shut down earlier this summer in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

Jennifer Moon, the Miami-Dade County deputy mayor overseeing emergency orders, said the county wouldn’t be adding bars to Monday’s planned lifting of bans on rental scooters, outdoor amusement parks and tour boats. “No bars,” she said.

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

BARS REOPENING MONDAY: Governor Ron DeSantis says bars can reopen in Florida on Monday. DETAILS: https://t.co/mX7905vRxk

— FOX 13 Tampa Bay (@FOX13News) September 10, 2020

Florida to reopen bars for indoor service again despite 650,000 coronavirus cases https://t.co/unUAyJLbnN

— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) September 11, 2020