Gov. Ron DeSantis questioned the legitimacy of a news report reporting that Florida had requested hundreds of ventilators for treatment due to rising COVID-19 rates.WPLG, a Miami-based ABC affiliate reported Monday that 300 devices would be delivered by the day's end in order to replace state stores ". The report cited a document from the Department of Health and Human Services. However, it didn't specify who the Florida requesting authority was.DeSantis replied Tuesday that he had not heard of that ventilator request. Although I doubt it, I will look. The department of emergency management has accumulated a lot of stuff over the past year and a quarter. I have not received any requests. I have not been notified.FLORIDA SCHOOL OFFICIALS CAN LOSE SALARIES OVER MASK MANDATESFor more information, The Washington Examiner reached the Florida Department of Health and federal Department of Health and Human Services.The number of COVID-19 cases in Florida has been increasing for several weeks. According to the state Health Department, Monday's report showed a three-day average of 18,795 cases. There has been an increase in hospitalizations, with over 13,000 reported to the state Health Department on Sunday.CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM THE WASHINGTON XAMINERDeSantis has resisted any new restrictions on virus-related measures amid an increase in infections in Florida. He ordered that local authorities not mandate masks for children and threatened penalties for those who didn't.Instead, the governor emphasized the importance of parents being able to make choices about their children's health and cited the effectiveness of vaccines in keeping them out of the hospital.Washington Examiner VideosContinue the storyTags: News, Florida Coronavirus, Hospitals Ron DeSantis HealthcareOriginal Author: Jeremy BeamanOriginal Location: DeSantis questions the Florida request for ventilators report: "I haven't been notified about that."
