Coronavirus Impact: Hotels To Close In The Florida Keys
MIAMI (CBSMiami) - Monroe County officials announced plans to close all hotels, guest houses, short-term rentals in RV parks and vacation rentals in response to the coronavirus beginning at 6 p.m. Sunday.
Hotel guests already at a Keys hotel must leave by Sunday at 6 p.m., officials said.
The measures will be in place during the next 14 days.
The only exception is for long-term renters in vacation homes and R/V parks with contracts of 28 days or more, who are presently in the Keys. They are to be allowed to remain until the conclusion of their contracts.
The county said the ban applies to all leisure visitors and all non-essential personnel who are not working in the Florida Keys.
Officials said restaurants will continue to operate at 50 percent capacity to serve residents who are in the Keys, as long as the State of Florida directives for spacing and capacity are being followed.
County-owned parks and beaches will remain open for residents to practice social distancing, officials said.
Late Thursday night, the Florida Department of Health announced the first coronavirus case in the Keys.
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