The order, which will go into effect Friday at 12:01 a.m., is intended to follow the direction of the White House, which Tuesday revised its guidelines and extended its social distancing recommendations until the end of April.
The order does not define what services are “essential." Rather, DeSantis defers to lengthy guidelines written by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Miami-Dade County, where residents have lived under shutdown orders for weeks.
Under those guidelines, essential services include: health care workers, public safety officers and first responders, grocery store employees, agriculture workers, bank employees, gas station and auto repair workers, construction workers and home repair personnel, mail businesses and postal workers, and those who work in manufacturing facilities that support critical supply chains. It also includes people who work in vital infrastructure industries like energy, telecommunication, water, transportation and the defense.
The order does not define what services are “essential." Rather, DeSantis defers to lengthy guidelines written by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Miami-Dade County, where residents have lived under shutdown orders for weeks.
Under those guidelines, essential services include: health care workers, public safety officers and first responders, grocery store employees, agriculture workers, bank employees, gas station and auto repair workers, construction workers and home repair personnel, mail businesses and postal workers, and those who work in manufacturing facilities that support critical supply chains. It also includes people who work in vital infrastructure industries like energy, telecommunication, water, transportation and the defense.
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