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With the number of daily COVID-19 cases continuing to rise, the Monroe County Commission on Wednesday required its employees and the public to wear masks in county buildings.
After 30 years and 697 affordable housing units later, J. Manuel Castillo, executive director of the Monroe County Housing Authority, retired on Jan. 1.
As the first doses of vaccine for COVID-19 were made available throughout the United States and Florida, the Florida Department of Health in Monroe County on Monday, Dec. 14, reported 69 new cases of COVID-19 since Friday, Dec. 11, including 22 in Key West. Dr. Mark Whiteside, medical director for the local offices of the Health Department, said Monday despite the vaccine becoming available, there are still major concerns and urged caution. âYou know, weâre at record levels, weâre breaking records every day, and this is not a good thing,â Whiteside said on U.S. 1 Radio. â...