TAMPA – Vice President Mike Pence with travel to Tampa on Thursday and meet with Gov. Ron DeSantis to discuss Florida’s effort in limiting the spread of COVID-19.As of July 1, the department of health has reported more than 158,000 cases of COVID-19 in the state.The DOH said more than 14,800 people have been hospitalized with COVID-19 and the state has reported 3,650 COVID-19 deaths.More than 49,000 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the past seven days, according to the DOH.

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New York delivering COVID-19 supplies after DeSantis said Florida didn’t need them

ORLANDO, Fla. – Less than 24 hours after Gov. Ron DeSantis said Florida didn’t need help from New York to handle a recent surge in coronavirus cases, New York Gov.

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WATCH LIVE AT 12:45: Gov. Ron DeSantis makes ‘major announcement’ in Orlando

ORLANDO, Fla. – Gov. Ron DeSantis will be in Orlando Friday afternoon to make what his office is calling a “major announcement.”The governor will be speaking at 12:45 p.m.

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Wife becomes dishwasher at nursing home to see husband with Alzheimer’s during COVID-19 pandemic

coronavirus pandemic.Her other half, Steve, is living in the memory care unit of a nursing home and has early onset Alzheimer’s, according to First Coast News. No visitors have been allowed in the nursing home, per orders from Florida Gov.

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Pence rallies support from police at 'Back the Blue' event in Northeast Philadelphia

NORTHEAST PHILADELPHIA - In the final stop on his three-city Pennsylvania bus tour, Vice President Mike Pence spoke Thursday at the police union rally in Northeast Philadelphia. Speaking in front of a crowd of about 300 people the vice president was greeted by union boss John McNesby who gifted Pence a 'Back the Blue' t-shirt. Pence then spoke for 20 minutes denouncing calls from the so-called "radical left" to defund the police.“Under this president and this administration, we are not going to defund the police.

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WATCH LIVE: Gov. Ron DeSantis holds news briefing in Jacksonville

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Gov. Ron DeSantis is expected to hold a news briefing at 2:30 p.m.

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Doctor: Florida is coronavirus epicenter for the Southeast

told WTSP. “There’s no question about that.”According to the New York Times, data shows Arizona has about 3,300 cases per million residents, with Florida next at 2,700.

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Pence visiting Philadelphia, Biden to hit northeastern Pennsylvania Thursday

Vice President Mike Pence, left, and former VP Joe Biden, attend a swearing-in ceremony for Sen. Doug Jones, D-Ala., and Sen.

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White House urges health care workers to reuse PPE amid growing shortages as COVID-19 pandemic worsens

WASHINGTON - Vice President Mike Pence said the U.S.

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Coronavirus: Pence says ‘early indications’ seen of flattening curves in Arizona, Florida, Texas

U.S. Vice-President Mike Pence on Wednesday said that the government is seeing “early indications” of hot spot states Arizona, Florida and Texas flattening their COVID-19 curves, after recent spikes of confirmed positive cases.

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Coronavirus: Pence explains why he believes U.S. schools should reopen

U.S. Vice-President Mike Pence on Wednesday explained, in his view, why schools in the country should reopen for in-person learning, amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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Florida reports nearly 10,000 new cases but positivity rate shows first signs of slowing

ORLANDO, Fla. – As cases of COVID-19 continue to climb across the state Wednesday, Gov.

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Florida’s state of emergency extended as COVID-19 continues posing threat

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Coronavirus: Pence says CDC to release new guidelines on reopening of schools

U.S. Vice-President Mike Pence said on Tuesday that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will be releasing new guidelines on preparing communities for the return to schools, decision-making tools for parents and caregivers, among other aspects.

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‘Contact tracing is not going to be enough,’ Gov. DeSantis says in fight against COVID-19

MIAMI, Fla. – Contact tracing is not the foundation of Florida’s strategy to fight the coronavirus pandemic, Gov.

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Gov. Ron DeSantis reiterates commitment to curbing the spread of COVID-19 in long term care facilities

MIAMI, Fla. – Gov. Ron DeSantis held a news briefing Monday in Miami to discuss COVID-19 updates and said he would continue to allocate resources to long term care facilities across the state to help prevent the spread of coronavirus in vulnerable demographics.“Today we’re at the site of the old Pan American Hospitals, now the Miami Care Center, and we’re doing that to highlight a new partnership between the Miami Care Center the Avante Group Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Centers in the state of Florida to create 150 bed COVID-19 dedicated nursing home,” DeSantis said.

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Cast members put Disney World’s COVID-19 safety changes to the test

ORLANDO, Fla. – Walt Disney World cast members will play the role of guests this week as they test Disney’s safety changes before its theme parks begin to reopen to guests amid the coronavirus pandemic.The company is holding cast member preview days on Tuesday and Wednesday at Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom.On Thursday and Friday, annual passholders will get the chance to visit the parks before they open to the regular park on Saturday.[RELATED: Disney World to reopen as coronavirus cases soar in Florida]Disney’s Hollywood Studios and Epcot are set to reopen July 15.The parks were closed in mid-March as coronavirus cases increased in Florida.Gov.

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Vice President Mike Pence to travel to Philadelphia Thursday

Vice President Mike Pence (Official White House photo by D. Myles Cullen)PHILADELPHIA - Vice President Mike Pence will pay a visit to Lancaster County and Philadelphia Thursday.According to the Vice President’s Communications Office, Mr.

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Here’s how likely you are to get infected if you’re exposed to COVID-19

ORLANDO, Fla. – Gov. Ron DeSantis provided Floridians with an update on the state’s response to the coronavirus pandemic Monday, saying the state is working to protect its at-risk community, emphasizing it’s up to people to take safety precautions to help curb the spread of the disease.The governor expressed some of those safety precautions include being cognizant of how one can unknowingly be infected with the coronavirus and pass it on to others.

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WATCH LIVE: Gov. Ron DeSantis in Central Florida after record weekend of new COVID-19 cases

SUMTER COUNTY, Fla. – Gov. Ron DeSantis is making a stop in The Villages Monday to provide an update on the state’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.His visit comes after a record weekend of newly reported cases in Florida, which now total more than 206,000 since March.Florida Health Department statistics recorded more than 6,300 new cases Monday.

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‘People aren’t stupid’: Mike Pence’s U.S. coronavirus spin tests his credibility

Mike Pence has long played the straight man to Donald Trump, translating the president’s bombast into more measured, calming language.His job has become even more difficult. As coronavirus cases spike across large parts of the country despite months of lockdown, Pence has spent the past week trying to convince the American public that things are going very well, even though they’re not.“Make no mistake about it, what you see today is that America is going back to work and the American people are finding a way every day to put this coronavirus farther in the past,” he told CNBC the same day the country reported more than 55,000 new virus cases, a daily record.For public health experts, the optimism has been unmoored from reality.

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Dr. Deborah Birx urges Florida to start pool testing for coronavirus

TAMPA, Fla. – A key member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force says she wants the State of Florida to begin pool testing groups of people for the coronavirus.Dr. Deborah Birx traveled with Vice President Mike Pence and Gov.

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In Tampa, Pence praises Florida's 'innovative' coronavirus response efforts

TAMPA, Fla. - As COVID-19 cases across Tampa Bay continue to rise in record jumps, the head of the White House Coronavirus Task Force made a visit to Tampa to praise the governor and his efforts to slow the virus.Thursday, Vice President Mike met with Governor Ron DeSantis at USF Health's Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation in downtown Tampa.The last time the vice president was in Florida was May 20, when the number of positive coronavirus cases were dropping, and the economy was re-opening. Things are different now, with the state breaking records for new daily cases at least once a week. Overnight, Florida added more than 10,000 new COVID-19 cases – 911 in Hillsborough alone.RELATED: Florida reports over 10,000 new

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Vice President Pence, Gov. DeSantis meet as Florida hits 10,000 daily virus cases

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Florida reported more than 10,000 new confirmed coronavirus cases for the first time Thursday, an unwanted milestone eclipsed hours before Vice President Mike Pence and Gov. Ron DeSantis met in Tampa to discuss the state's response to the disease.The new record of 10,109 cases is partly caused by increased testing, but the mark is six times higher than where the record stood a month ago.

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Masks now required in Texas but not Florida, where data shows COVID-19 numbers growing faster

ORLANDO, Fla. – The Texas governor issued an executive order Thursday requiring face masks to be worn in public across most of the state as confirmed coronavirus cases surge but in Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis has said he doesn’t plan to require masks even though the virus has been deadlier in the Sunshine State and the infection rate is higher than in the Lone Star State.For perspective, the Texas Department of Health reported 8,029 new COVID-19 cases ahead of the governor’s order.

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Vice President Pence's visit to Tampa focuses on Florida's efforts to combat COVID-19

TAMPA, Fla. - As COVID-19 cases across Tampa Bay continue to rise in record jumps, the head of the White House Coronavirus Task Force is making a visit to Tampa.Vice President Mike Pence is meeting with Governor Ron DeSantis at USF Health's Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation in downtown Tampa to discuss what the state is doing to slow the spread of the virus. They will speak to reporters following their meetings. The meeting comes on a day in which Florida reported its highest-ever single-day increase in COVID-19 cases -- over 10,000 new cases were noted Thursday.Pence was originally scheduled to be in Sarasota on Thursday, but the Sarasota County Republican Party announced it was postponed.

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Space Force headquarters: Brevard, Orange, Seminole counties backed by DeSantis

TALLHASSEE, Fla. – Gov. Ron DeSantis has endorsed six Florida counties and three cities that hope to land the command headquarters of the U.S.

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Trust Index: Fact checking Gov. Ron DeSantis’ COVID-19 comments

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – News 6 puts Gov.

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Gov. DeSantis says new coronavirus infections ‘not uniform throughout the state’

ORLANDO, Fla. – Gov. Ron DeSantis said though the number of increasing coronavirus cases could be alarming to some, he said ultimately new infections looked different across the state and are changing how the state responds to the pandemic.DeSantis answered reporters’ questions from Bethune-Cookman University Wednesday at a news conference, saying as the cases continue to climb, the trend is that the virus seems to be infecting a younger demographic.

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Coronavirus for US: New cases could rise to 1 lakh per day

‘Please, Please, Please’Vice President Mike Pence sought to strike a more positive tone later Tuesday in comments after meeting with the coronavirus task force in Rockville, Maryland. The U.S.

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Coronavirus: Pence remains mum on whether masks will be mandatory nationwide

When asked about whether there could be a federal decision to make masks and facial coverings mandatory in the U.S. as part of the COVID-19 response, Vice-President Mike Pence said on Tuesday that the administration supports the guidance given by each state’s authorities to local communities in regards to facial coverings.

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Florida governor signs abortion law requiring parental consent for minors

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday signed a bill that will require parental consent before minors can have abortions, a long-sought goal of abortion opponents in Florida.DeSantis did not make a public statement about the bill signing, but Senate President Bill Galvano, R-Bradenton, and other supporters praised the measure and said parents need to be involved when their underage daughters consider having abortions.“The serious and irrevocable decision to end a pregnancy involves undergoing a significant medical procedure that results, in many cases, in lifelong emotional and physical impacts,” Galvano said in a prepared statement.

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Coronavirus: Pence says U.S. fatalities at lowest level since end of March

U.S. Vice-President Mike Pence said Tuesday that the number of new COVID-19 deaths in the country is at the lowest level since the end of March, but said they are working closely with states seeing upticks in new cases, with a focus on Florida, Arizona, Texas and California, which are seeing some of the highest numbers.

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Temporary ban on evictions, foreclosures in Florida set to expire July 1

ORLANDO, Fla. – The temporary ban on evictions and foreclosures in Florida put in place by Gov. Ron DeSantis due to economic hardships caused by the coronavirus pandemic will expire on Wednesday unless the governor, again, decides to extend the moratorium.DeSantis issued an executive order in April placing a moratorium, or hold, on evictions due to nonpayment of monthly rent or mortgages.

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WATCH LIVE: Governor makes ‘major announcement’ from marine center

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Further acknowledging that climate change is a growing concern in his state, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed into law a measure requiring public coastal construction projects to first be reviewed for impacts on the state's fragile seashore because of rising sea levels.The signing was hailed by environmentalists as an important step in addressing the encroaching ocean in a state with more than 1,300 miles of shoreline and where two-thirds of the 22 million residents live along the coast.The bill was one of 28 signed into law by DeSantis late Monday, including one that undoes a ban on sunscreen imposed by Key West.

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Gov. Ron DeSantis signs Alyssa’s Law, requiring silent alarms at all Florida public schools

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a new law Tuesday that requires all public schools in the state of Florida to have a silent panic alarm.Alyssa’s Law was named in honor of Alyssa Alhadeff, 14, who was killed in the Feb.

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Florida reports 6,093 new cases of COVID-19, 58 new deaths

most recent batch of data gives him reason to believe the mask mandate is helping to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus.Pino emphasized that’s it’s still too soon to know for sure if the lower numbers are a result of the mask mandate, which went into effect June 20 after the county -- much like the state as a whole -- reported a spike in cases as reopening efforts continued throughout Florida.[READ MORE: Central Florida counties weigh recommending or adopting mandatory mask orders | Coronavirus: Is Orange County’s mask mandate working? Too soon to tell, health official says]Gov.

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Fallout grows as White House distances Trump from report of bounties on U.S. troops

White House briefing Monday about explosive allegations that Russia secretly offered bounties to Taliban-linked militants for killing American troops in Afghanistan — intelligence the president himself was said to have not been fully read in on.Members of Congress in both parties called for additional information and consequences for Russia and its president, Vladimir Putin, even as White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany insisted President Donald Trump had not been briefed on the findings because they hadn’t been verified. Eight Democrats were to be briefed Tuesday morning.

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Reality check: 20% of Americans live in new coronavirus hot spots

COVID-19 infections: Don’t worry, only a small sliver of U.S. counties is at greater risk.In offering this reassurance, Vice President Mike Pence and Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar have said that only 3 per cent or 4 per cent of counties in the country are seeing a surge in cases.

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Florida announces new rent and mortgage assistance

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WATCH LIVE: Sen. Randolph Bracy responds to state budget actions

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Pointing to “difficult circumstances,” Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday said he signed a $92.2 billion budget for the upcoming fiscal year after vetoing about $1 billion in spending.The large numbers of vetoes came as state revenues plummet because of economic damage caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

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Trust Index: Does AC spread coronavirus? Experts say not really

recently reopened theme parks to beat the heat.But with a highly contagious virus still among the Central Florida community, is it safe to stay indoors and enjoy the air conditioning?Gov. Ron DeSantis held a news conference Friday where he posed doubt over the safety of air conditioning amid the pandemic.“I think part of it may be, as it gets hotter, people are going to want to go indoors more and be in the air conditioning, and the air conditioning is not going to be your friend when it comes to ...

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More Florida beaches announce closures as virus cases rise

MIAMI – Officials are announcing more beaches will be closing again in Florida to avoid further spread of the new coronavirus as they try to tamp down on large gatherings amid a spike in confirmed COVID-19 cases.Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said at a news conference Sunday in Pensacola that interactions among young people are driving the surge in confirmed cases.

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Florida governor signs into law bill to speed up recounts

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill into law this weekend that allows local elections officials across the state to use a secondary system to speed up recounts and verify the accuracy of results.The governor approved the voting systems measure to employ a statewide network used for recounts.

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Coronavirus: Italy sees drop in deaths as cases in China stabilize

China has extended COVID-19 tests to newly reopened salons amid a drop in cases, while South Korea continues to face new infections after it eased social distancing rules to lift the economy.In the U.S., Vice-President Mike Pence called off off a planned campaign bus tour in Florida following a surge in confirmed cases there. Hard-hit Italy, meanwhile, registered the lowest day-to-day tally of COVID-19 deaths Saturday in nearly four months.No positive cases were found in Beijing‘s beauty and barber shops in a further sign that the city’s recent outbreak has been largely brought under control.

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Gov. Ron DeSantis says he will not make face masks mandatory, says it would 'backfire'

MIAMI GARDENS, FLORIDA - MAY 06: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis takes his mask off as he prepares to speak during a press conference at the Hard Rock Stadium testing site on May 06, 2020 in Miami Gardens, Florida.

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Pence cancels planned bus tour of Florida after coronavirus cases surge

WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 27: U.S. Vice President Mike Pence listens as U.S.

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COVID-19 cases among US young adults spike

Half of the new COVID-19 cases detected in recent weeks have been in adults under 35, Vice President Mike Pence said today during a press conference held by the White House coronavirus task force—the first press conference by the group in nearly 2 months.

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Florida Enacts Changes to iBudget Program for Individuals with Disabilities

Health News Florida (June 24)Florida Enacts Changes to iBudget Program for Individuals with DisabilitiesFlorida Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law a bill to revamp the state’s iBudget Medicaid program, which serves about 34,000 individuals with disabilities under a home and community-based services waiver.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

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