Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez is revising his Emergency Order once again and will not shutdown gyms and fitness studios as originally announced on Monday.
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez is revising his Emergency Order once again and will not shutdown gyms and fitness studios as originally announced on Monday.
In a Tweet Monday, Gimenez wrote, “I had a very productive virtual meeting just now with our medical experts and the County’s Wellness Group. We arrived at a compromise to keep gyms & fitness studios open. All doing activities inside must wear a mask or do strenuous training outside staying 10 feet apart w/outmask.”
Gimenez’ emergency order originally called for gyms to close again, along with restaurant indoor dining, ballrooms, banquet facilities, party venues and short-term rentals.
All restaurants in the county will close Thursday for inside dining. Outdoor dining, take-out, and delivery will continue.
The Mayor is rolling back the reopenings due to a spike in positive COVID-19 cases and uptick in hospitalizations.
These closings will be effective Wednesday, July 8, 2020.
“This the best way to keep us from contaminating each other and it’s a good compromise with gym owners,” said Mayor Gimenez.
“I’m happy we can stay open. It’s a blessing,” said gym owner Gabriel Vorona.
A relieved Vorona, owner of Stunna’s Gym in South Miami, says he has always been careful.
“In my gym, we have stations set up where you are always 6 feet away from each other, and with the gym you have a cleaning and spraying station and customers walk out through the back door and we do everything we can.”
“Nobody says it’s the restaurants’ fault. It’s the nature of the business that makes it like it is because you have to take the mask off indoors,” said Mayor Gimenez.
