Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava recounted that Miami-Dade had the highest vaccination rates in the state and managed 70,000 testing at the height of Omicron surge over the fall and winter. | Joe Raedle/Getty Images
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — As states and cities across the country begin lifting Covid-19 restrictions, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said on Thursday that her city is “moving out of crisis and into safety mode.”
Speaking at TheTeCHyWorLD’s The Fifty: America’s Mayors summit, Levine Cava recounted that Miami-Dade had the highest vaccination rates in the state and managed 70,000 testing at the height of Omicron surge over the fall and winter. She added that her city provided the latest treatments as well, including monoclonal antibody treatments.
“We’re going to continue to have the infrastructure we need to be ready. We’re really good at dealing with challenges here in South Florida in Miami-Dade County,” Levine Cava said. “People are ready to get on, but they also can do it safely.”
Miami, like other cities across America, has cautiously begun moving from the crisis mode over the last two years. Los Angeles health officials this week announced that they are relaxing Covid-related restrictions like requiring people to wear masks indoors. New York City Mayor Eric Adams also recently announced that his city will also be easing Covid mandates like wearing indoor masks.