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Florida Gov. De Santis's spokeswoman cuts off state's surgeon general...

• https://www.dailymail.co.uk, By Frances Mulraney

After his comments Monday, Dr. Scott A. Rivkees was approached by the spokeswoman and left the room. 

Gov. DeSantis was criticized for being slow to implement social distancing guidelines in the state because he was concerned about the effects on the economy. 

Florida, an outbreak hotspot, had more than 21,000 cases of coronavirus as of Tuesday evening and 524 deaths. 

Dr. Rivkees' comments came as the U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams urged the nation to remain at home, stating that the positive effects of social distancing were being seen.

Cases in Florida have consistently increased by 1,000 new cases a day in the past week, a plateau in an outbreak that was seeing cases numbers double by the day in late March. 

'We are at a plateau but we cannot emphasize enough that we cannot let our guard down at this present time,' Dr. Rivkees said Monday during a press briefing.


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