NEW: With Florida’s tourism industry paralyzed during the coronavirus pandemic, Miami-Dade is securing hundreds of hotel rooms to ease crowding at homeless shelters and also give healthcare workers a place to sleep between shifts.

A daily exodus of Haitians fleeing the rapid increase of coronavirus cases in the neighboring Dominican Republic is raising concerns about Haiti’s ability to halt the spread of the deadly virus.

Meanwhile in Florida the demand for the drug from the governor’s office continues to ramp up, while medical professionals are practicing more caution given the scant evidence of the drug’s effectiveness.

Ventanitas are canceled. The city of Hialeah passed an emergency order Thursday, placing tight restrictions on how residents can use the walk-up windows where South Floridians regularly meet to drink Cuban coffee and swap stories.

“What they do in essence, is provide life support – and buy time for the patient.”

Here’s what activities are piquing Americans’ interests as they practice social distancing.

BREAKING: A small, ultralight plane crashed into a vacant structure in Marathon on Thursday evening, police said.

NEW: Sparse ridership on Miami-Dade’s buses during the coronavirus pandemic has forced the county’s transit authority to suspend low-demand routes in another cost-cutting measure for a system already taking riders for free.

The Trump administration is relying on a seldom-used public health law to set aside decades-old national and international immigration laws.