Dear Friends of District 8,
"Miami is now the epicenter of the pandemic," Dr. Lilian Abbo, infectious disease expert with UHealth, told media this week.
As we continue the fight to
hold State and County leaders accountable, I joined Congresswoman Debbie Mucarsel-Powell and other state and local officials for a virtual press conference to
renew demands for urgent action.
We must act to:
- Continue the public awareness campaign on mandatory masks
- Get a contact tracing program up and running with a minimum of 500 tracers scaled up to 1,000 by the end of the month
- Immediately contract with low-occupancy hotels to ensure infected people can isolate
- Modernize outdoor spaces for business activity
- Convene a weekly COVID-19 Task Force Meeting with stakeholders, health experts, and elected & community leaders to keep the public informed
- Immediately designate a Chief Medical Officer
As the public health crisis intensifies, we must also strengthen efforts to protect those in need from economic crisis.
Applications for the
Miami-Dade County $10 million emergency rent relief fund – created through legislation I proudly co-sponsored with Commissioner Higgins – are now open. You can apply until this Friday, July 17 at 5 pm, online and at four in-person locations countywide.
Get more information and apply.
I want to express my deep gratitude to the
many healthcare workers who are now working around the clock on the frontlines. I'm glad that my calls to
activate a field hospital in Miami Beach were heard, an important step to expand our health system capacity's to deal with this crisis.
In this moment of crisis, we must all do our part to contain the spread. Please
continue to #MaskUpMiami, to
social distance and stay home when possible, and to follow all
health protocols – we can only get through this by acting together for the greater good.
Yours in health,
Daniella
