FL COVID-19 News: School Districts Defy DeSantis, Mandate Masks

Sarasota FL

21 August, 2021

1:05 PM

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FLORIDA — As COVID-19 cases surge in Florida, here are some Patch headlines you might have missed this week. Hillsborough Board Defies Governor's Order Against Mask Mandate During a 4 1/2-hour emergency meeting of the Hillsborough County School Board, members voted to tighten the school district's mask requirements for public schools, defying the governor's order to leave the choice up to parents. Check out other stories on COVID-19 and masks in Florida schools: Sarasota Schools Mask Mandate With No Opt Out ApprovedCOVID-19 Rates Prompt Pasco Superintendent To Plead For MasksMore Than 8,400 Hillsborough Students In Isolation Or QuarantineSchool Mask Mandate Approved, Medical Waiver Needed To Opt OutSchool District Employees Declared 'Essential Workers': AsplenSchool Mask Mandate With Opt-Out Provision Approved In ManateeWeekly COVID-19 Cases At Schools Being Released By Polk DistrictManatee High School's Preseason Friday Football Game CanceledU.S. Education Secretary To Support Schools With Mask Mandates Take Our Survey: Should Students, Teachers Wear Masks At School? FL Couple Presented Fake Vaccination Cards In Hawaii: Report A Miami Beach couple was arrested in Hawaii after presenting fake COVID-19 vaccination cards for themselves and their children Aug. 11. COVID-19 Surge Means More 911 Calls Than Ambulances Can Handle Pasco County Fire Rescue's fire chief is appealing to the community to be patient and only call 911 with a dire emergency. There simply aren't enough ambulances free to respond to all calls these days. Broward Politician's Daughter Accused Of COVID-19 Relief Fraud The 28-year-old daughter of Broward County Commissioner Dale Holness was accused of COVID-19 relief fraud. State-Run Monoclonal Antibodies Treatment Site Opens In Hudson Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Thursday that the state has opened a new monoclonal antibody therapy treatment site in Pasco County. "Today we're here happy to be able to announce that we'll be establishing a site for monoclonal antibody treatment in Pasco County," DeSantis said during a news conference in Hudson. "This is a site that will be open from 9 to 5 for seven days a week right here at the Fasano Center in Hudson. And this is something that's really, really significant." Also Read: COVID-19 Treatment Site Opening At Tropicana Field: DeSantisState-Run Monoclonal Antibodies Clinic To Open In Manatee: Servia Hospitalized County Commissioner Battling COVID-19: Report Manatee County Commissioner Kevin Van Ostenbridge was hospitalized Saturday after testing positive for COVID-19. COVID-19 Levels Increase 600% In Orange County's Sewage: Report Based on levels of COVID-19 found in a Central Florida wastewater system, the virus' surge in the state is far from over. Other COVID-19 news in Florida: Professional Santa Gives New COVID-19 Testing Site A Thumbs-UpUSF Part Of Clinical Study Of Moderna Vaccine For ChildrenFort Lauderdale Officer Dies From COVID-19: PoliceNearly 200 Students, Teachers Have COVID After 1st Week Of SchoolRecord COVID-19 Hospitalizations Reported At Sarasota MemorialPalm Beach County Reinstates COVID-19 State Of EmergencyLocal Firefighters Help Lake County During COVID-19 SurgeBlame Game: Rising COVID-19 Cases Leads To Pandemic RhetoricWeekend COVID-19 Vaccine Events In St. PetersburgSCAT Bus Driver Tests Positive For COVID-19: Sarasota CountySome City Departments Resume Appointment-Only ServicesHours Updated At COVID-19 Testing Site In North Port