The Tampa Bay Rays have already been seen their home city in the news after two people from the Tampa area were confirmed to have contracted the COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. As that number begins to rise in both the Tampa area and the state of Florida, officials are taking action.
Former Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden was scheduled to make a campaign stop in Tampa on March 12 but has nixed those plans due to the “public health emergency.”
All of Florida’s public universities have shifted to online school work.