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Streets of downtown Orlando empty as Fourth of July weekend begins
ORLANDO, Fla. – Downtown Orlando is usually bustling on Friday nights, but since bars shutdown following a surge of coronavirus cases statewide, it’s a standstill.“It’s kind of felt weird for the last several months so I guess this is kind of the new normal,” Alex Reszitnyk said.The Orlando resident said because it’s all in an effort to be safe, he is OK with the eerie emptiness.The Department of Business and Professional Regulations issued the order to stop bars from serving alcohol for on-site consumption in an effort to quell the spread of COVID-19.The order was issued less than a month after Gov.