Miami-Dade County official tests positive for COVID-19, raising concern about Surfside site

Jose "Pepe" Diaz, chairman of the Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners, and his chief of staff, Isidoro Lopez, have both tested positive for COVID-19.

Jose "Pepe" Diaz, chairman of the Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners, has tested positive for COVID-19, his office announced in a statement Sunday night. Diaz's chief of staff, Isidoro Lopez, also tested positive for the virus. "Both started experiencing flu-like symptoms earlier today and will be isolating," the statement read. "Staff and others who have been in close contact with them will be getting tested between today and tomorrow." The two men have been vaccinated against COVID-19, according to the statement.