On Thursday afternoon the city of Jacksonville, Florida announced they were going to reopen beaches at 5pm Friday for recreational activities but insisted that everyone continue practicing social distancing.
Beaches and parks in Duval County will reopen Friday, April 17 at 5 p.m. with certain restrictions. Beaches will only be open from 6am to 11am and 5pm to 8pm
Please watch the video for additional details and follow this link for the press release. https://t.co/TmkOmXhphS pic.twitter.com/206hiEbRyZ
— City of Jacksonville (@CityofJax) April 16, 2020
📢 Reminder 📢
When Duval County beaches & parks open today from 5pm to 8pm it is for exercise only – No chairs, coolers, sunbathing, or towels/blankets laid out to sit on.
Thank you for continuing to practice social distancing, for more information: https://t.co/TmkOmWZOqk pic.twitter.com/0mZLiMBoc9
— City of Jacksonville (@CityofJax) April 17, 2020
Unfortunately, people immediately flocked to the beach as soon as it was opened and it didn’t seem they were practicing much social distancing.
Less than 2 hours into the beaches reopening in Jacksonville. pic.twitter.com/vl8Y46Qo4s
— Mike Cugno (@MikeCugnoCBS4) April 17, 2020
https://twitter.com/travisakers/status/1251260796476305409
OH MY! 🏖
Beaches in Jacksonville, Florida have reopened for the first time since the #COVID19 #coronavirus outbreak, via @WFLA.
— Austin Kellerman (@AustinKellerman) April 17, 2020
https://twitter.com/tgrayingram/status/1251276094361292808
Holy hell.
Today, Florida set a record of new coronavirus cases: 1,413 in the last 24 hours.
Florida’s total cases is now 24,753.
Today, @GovRonDeSantis allowed beaches back open.
This is Jacksonville beach one hour ago: pic.twitter.com/oV5b1GTRy8
— Joshua Karp (@JoshuaKarp) April 17, 2020
Jacksonville Beach re-opened at 5pm today for "essential activities only" and looked like this.
Will these essential activities by essential individuals save lives? Or…. pic.twitter.com/MRmMpvwvi6
— Warren Sharp (@SharpFootball) April 17, 2020