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VOCAB WORDS:
- patrons
- operators
- shelter
- to prove (proven)
- perpetual

TRANSCRIPT:
Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the state will move into a “full Phase 1” reopening starting Monday.

That means gyms, which have until now been excluded from the partial reopening that started May 4, can open. Restaurants, retail shops, museums and libraries, which had been allowed to serve people at 25 percent capacity, can now serve patrons at 50 percent capacity. Even theme parks have been put on the path to reopening, DeSantis said. But before that happens, operators will be asked to submit a safety plan to the state. 

Movie theaters, however, which the White House included in its guidelines for phase 1 reopening, will not reopen Monday, DeSantis said.

“The American people never signed up for a perpetual shelter in place,” DeSantis said at a news conference in Jacksonville.

For months, officials across the state had closed businesses in the hopes of slowing the spread of the novel coronavirus. DeSantis, citing recent hospitalization and testing figures, argued those efforts have proven successful. 

So far, the state has reported more 43,000 cases, and more than 1,900 deaths related to the virus, around the middle of the pack of the 50 states when weighted for population.

Miami Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties were phased into initial re-opening after the rest of the state. But a spokeswoman for DeSantis confirmed that those three counties would be included in this most recent round of openings.

CREDITS:
Article: Ron DeSantis: Gyms will reopen starting Monday
Author: Kirby Wilson and Gabrielle Calise
Publisher: Tampa Bay Times
Link: https://www.tampabay.com/news/health/2020/05/15/ron-desantis-gyms-will-reopen-starting-monday/