Florida Governor Orders Bars, Nightclubs to Close for 30 Days

Lee Dinzik waits for her testing as she sits in her car while medical personnel prepare, at a drive-through coronavirus testing lab in West Palm Beach, Miami, on March 16, 2020. Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images

All bars and nightclubs need to close for 30 days, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ordered on March 17.

“You’ve seen a lot of things about people congregating at some of these things,” DeSantis said at a press conference. “We view that as something that could be problematic for spreading the virus.”