Monroe County Mayor Heather Carruthers conducted another Facebook Live COVID-19 Q&A today. She address many resident concerns and spoke specifically about when and how the County will make decisions on “opening up” the Keys. You can watch the full video above. We have also transcribed a good portion of what was said for you below:
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We hear it every day. “Social distancing is working. We’re flattening the curve!”
We’ve been keeping a spreadsheet with all the Monroe County coronavirus case and testing data that the Florida Department of Health provides each day. It’s now been 26 days since the first COVID-19 case was officially reported in the Keys (on March 20th). We were curious to see what those numbers would look like when we plugged them into graphs. What does “our curve” look like? Is it indeed flattening as a result of all our efforts at social distancing?
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The good news is three of the seven Florida Keys residents who have been hospitalized at some point during their illness have recovered.
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On April 7th County Commissioner Heather Carruthers held another Facebook Live Q&A session. She addressed important questions about screening incoming passengers at Florida Keys airports, tougher measures for businsess that are still operating as essential, Covid-19 testing, and much more…
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THE BLUE PAPER INVESTIGATES: A public hearing is scheduled for April 17, 2019, ~ 3:00 PM at the Marathon Government
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A man narrowly escaped a fire that engulfed his sailboat early this morning at the Key West city mooring field.
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The Fourth Annual Papio Kinetic Sculpture and Art Bike Parade— a family-friendly, art-inspired, human-powered, mobile sculpture and art-bike parade that celebrates
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Hurricane evacuation safety concerns has led a group of Lower Keys residents to sponsor an April 4th community workshop. Friends
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A Positive Step Monroe County invites dads of all ages to participate in a cost-free program that provides parenting skill
Read MoreMonroe County Sheriff Rick Ramsay is pleased to announce the Sheriff’s Office has received its 16th consecutive, perfect audit. A
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