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- Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, the first person in Miami-Dade County to test positive for the coronavirus, told Insider on Thursday that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis should implement a statewide lockdown.
- The mayor shuttered all non-essential businesses in Miami, the hardest-hit city in the state, last week and issued a stay-at-home order and a curfew earlier this week.
- Suarez, who is quarantined in his home, said his personal experience as a mostly asymptomatic victim of COVID-19 has "convinced" him that "thousands of people in my community have it," but don't know it.
- He worries that if the city doesn't make sure residents have food, can stay in their homes, and keep utilities operating, "it can become apocalyptic."
- "Where New York is today may be where Miami is tomorrow," Suarez said.
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Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, the first person in Miami-Dade County to test positive for the coronavirus, told Insider on Thursday that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a fellow Republican, should implement a state-wide lockdown as the pandemic spreads across the country.
Suarez, 42, said that it's "hard to second-guess" DeSantis' reluctance to follow other states in instituting a shelter-in-place order given that about a third of the state's counties don't have any confirmed cases, "but I personally would."See the rest of the story at Business Insider NOW WATCH: A law professor weighs in on how Trump could beat impeachment See Also: SEE ALSO: Trump has made it clear he wants to reopen the economy to boost his reelection chances, even if it means more Americans will die  |