TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will issue an executive order Wednesday instructing the state of Florida to “take a pause” for 30 days and stay home amid the coronavirus pandemic.
DeSantis said the statewide stay-at-home order will go into affect at midnight Thursday. Residents will still be allowed to go out to get essential supplies, including food and groceries.
The governor has resisted issuing a statewide order of this kind up until this point more than 30 days after the first case of the virus was reported in Florida, but on Wednesday, as Florida’s coronavirus cases neared 7,000, including more than 80 dead, he said it was time.