MIAMI – After a 50-year-old New York attorney who traveled to Miami was diagnosed with COVID-19, investigators found his wife, son, daughter, neighbor, friend and his friend’s three kids were also infected with the new coronavirus, Gov.
Authorities in Miami-Dade were concerned the attorney had spread the disease during his visit to Miami, but on Friday night officials announced investigators don’t believe he did.
Ron DeSantis, investigators believe the attorney did not develop or spread the new coronavirus in Miami.
The attorney’s 20-year-old son, who was diagnosed with COVID-19, was symptomatic before his father, authorities said.
The attorney had not traveled to China, where the new coronavirus surfaced in December.