If there's one place on Earth that could get reopening amidst the COVID-19 pandemic right, it's Disney World, Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings said Saturday.
"So, they have put a number of sanitary protocols in place including mandates about wearing a mask, a number of handwashing stations throughout the park itself, and then enforcing social distancing within the park itself. So, there will be these safety ambassadors located throughout the park," Demings said.
"And so, we believe that they will be are able to do it successfully. But, believe you me when I say that we are monitoring this very closely with the Department of Health," he concluded.Get all the stories you need-to-know from the most powerful name in news delivered first thing every morning to your inbox
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