DeSantis declares COVID 'state of emergency' over, overrides local restrictions
DeSantis declares COVID 'state of emergency' over, overrides local restrictions Mary Ellen Klas, The Miami Herald May 3—Declaring Florida's COVID-19 emergency over, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday signed an executive order invalidating all remaining local emergency COVID orders and signed a bill into law that bars businesses, schools and government entities across Florida from asking anyone to provide proof of a COVID-19 vaccination. "I think it's the evidence-based thing to do," DeSantis said at a St. Petersburg restaurant where he signed the bill with House Speaker Chris Sprow...