Covid: Florida removes all restrictions for the success of its vaccination campaign

MIAMI.- The Governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis, today ended all measures and restrictions related to Covid-19 in the US state. The decision, taken by the effectiveness of the vaccines, will be effective immediately.

DeSantis signed an invoice that will void all limitations and local orders –govern because of the coronavirus– from July 1, as well as a executive decree immediately suspending local emergency orders until the law comes into force.

“This is what needs to be done on the basis of the evidence,” the Republican governor said in a press conference in St. Petersburg, in the west, referring to the reduction of infections and deaths through advancing the vaccination process.

About nine million people –out of a total of 23 million inhabitants– you have injected at least one dose of the vaccine in Floridaaccording to the US Department of Health. “At this point, the people who have not been vaccinated are certainly not due to a lack of availability,” he added.

The vaccine was activated last Friday for all people over 16 without the need to prove residency in the state, a document required since January to meet initial high demand. This made it possible to vaccinate undocumented people, who had difficulty in proving their residence, and, tacitly, to so-called vaccination tourism.

DeSantis criticized the strict security measures that are still in place in other states in the country. He said that at this point, those who still need to ‘watch’ residents, “say they don’t believe in vaccines, they don’t believe in data, they don’t believe in science. “.

Vaccines Pfizer, Modern Yes Johnson & johnson are available, in many cases without an appointment, in federal, state and county centers; as well as in many pharmacies and supermarkets with pharmaceutical sections. DeSantis added that neither the state nor the county and municipal governments can shut down businesses for not complying with the pandemic measures.

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