MIAMI — With Miami under a citywide curfew since March 27 to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus, musician Pitbull and Miami Mayor Francis Suarez have teamed up to help Miami residents know when 10 p.m. strikes and the city’s curfew goes into effect. The curfew ends at 5 a.m. daily. The side of the recently delivered Paramount Miami Worldcenter, a 700-foot condominium tower in downtown Miami, illuminates with an American flag and iHeart Radio broadcasts Pitbull’s new song “I Believe that We Will Win.” In addition to the flag, the side of the building also has a tickertape that features the lyrics of the song. When the song begins, the tower illuminates, signaling stores and businesses to close and all citizens remain home. The song will play nightly for 10 minutes until further notice. The light show on the $600 million Paramount Miami Worldcenter will play for a two-minute duration every half hour from sunset to 11:30 p.m. and again from 4:30 a.m. until sunrise.
As of this writing, Johns Hopkins University reports Miami-Dade County and Broward County combine to have 6,032 active cases of COVID-19. Miami-Dade has been under a Stay-at-Home order since mid-March and on Friday, Fla. Gov. Ron DeSantis made effective a statewide Stay-at-Home order for the month of April. Mayor Suarez tested positive for COVID-19 and has since been cleared and tested negative. U.S. Rep. Mario Rafael Diaz-Balart of Fort Lauderdale tested positive for the coronavirus as well and remains in isolation.