ORLANDO, Fla. – Downtown Orlando is usually bustling on Friday nights, but since bars shutdown following a surge of coronavirus cases statewide, it’s a standstill.“It’s kind of felt weird for the last several months so I guess this is kind of the new normal,” Alex Reszitnyk said.The Orlando resident said because it’s all in an effort to be safe, he is OK with the eerie emptiness.The Department of Business and Professional Regulations issued the order to stop bars from serving alcohol for on-site consumption in an effort to quell the spread of COVID-19.The order was issued less than a month after Gov.
Ron DeSantis said most of the state could being phase two of reopening which included bars, pubs and movie theaters.During a news conference.