House and Senate leaders announced they have agreed to Gov. Ron DeSantis' request for $25 million to help the state combat the spread of the novel coronavirus, known as COVID-19.

And one top Republican expressed concern that the highly contagious virus, which has caused the deaths of two Floridians and has people reconsidering travel and leisure plans, could adversely impact the state's tourism-dependent economy. COVID-19 is continuing to spread as legislators begin to hammer out details on the state's roughly $92 billion budget.

"The concern is great and it's mostly because of possible panic," House Speaker Jose Oliva, R-Miami Lakes, said of the coronavirus. "Panic is what causes runs on banks and economic downturns. It causes people to leave the stock market all of a sudden. And it causes people to stop doing things in such a rapid fashion that those industries cannot possibly compensate."