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Miami-Dade courthouses will reopen to the public on June 28. Masks won t be required David Ovalle, The Miami Herald
Jun. 17 More than a year after the COVID-19 pandemic forced the widespread closures of public buildings, Miami-Dade courthouses will reopen on June 28.
Miami-Dade s chief judge made the announcement Wednesday evening, two weeks after the Florida Supreme Court announced it was allowing courts to lift social distancing and mask mandates. Almost half the state s population has been vaccinated against COVID-19 and the number of infections has been steadily declining.
In Miami-Dade, 1.57 million people have received vaccinations, according to federal data, or about 58 percent of the county.
Look inside Miami-Dade and Broward courts as they prep to resume in-person trials
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Local 10 News got exclusive tours of the circuit courts in Miami-Dade and Broward counties as they prepare to resume in-person trials.
The Eleventh Judicial Circuit in Miami-Dade County, the largest circuit in Florida, is getting ready to resume in-person jury trials next month.
Temperature screenings and social distancing measures will be in place among the new safety measures, part of a “choreographed dance,” Eleventh Circuit Judge Andrea Wolfson says.
“The jurors are going to be greeted at least one, if not two, bailiffs,” she says, before being escorted to an elevator limited to two at a time.
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