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Coronavirus - In the DR
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Of course it can be contained. It cannot be cured, there is no vaccine, but contained though avoidance - yes. Look at New Zealand, Vietnam, China, Switzerland, Cuba and recently even Canada.
With or without evidence I wouldn't care about AILA. Metro Santo Domingo is where hundreds are infected every hour.Has anybody evidence of this happeing?
AILA: more passengers arrive in DR with tests verifying absence of Covid-19
<p>A large number of passengers arriving in the country through the José Francisco Peña Gómez Las Americas International Airport ( AILA ), coming from the United States, Europe, and other nations, come with a certificate of PCR test indicating they are Covid- 19-free. Dr. Rafael Tejada, in...dominicantoday.com
No of course they are not. They get RD$ 7000 a month from the government, which is £100. Quite a lot of kids going without food by all accounts.
The problem is that you cannot run a 1000 bedroom hotel without some people coming in and out. Think of all the supplies that an AI hotel get through, and all the contractors who have to come in and out. And obviously the biggest risk is that mainly Americans are coming and some will be coming from areas with the highest infection levels in the world. They could be asymptomatic. I suspect they may have to close the hotels again. I keep hearing they are running at 10% occupancy and they cannot survive on much less than 50% in any case.
Night time curfew not withstanding, the DR is doing great at spreading this virus around when most people are out and about and that is during the daytime. Any attempt to reduce the infection rate will need to address what transpires during business hours in the shops and on the streets and in the lines for the banks. A night time curfew may have an impact on potential crime rates but will do nothing to slow the spread of CV19. Just lots more people getting arrested and clustered together in cramped jail cells because they can't do as they are told and stay off the streets.
The DR should do what every other country in the caribbean is doing. Keep tourism open but require a recent pcr test for entry. Why would they allow anyone from the states inside their country is one of the dumbest decisions ever. I agree with your points though.
Thank god what is almost over?
If you referring to Covid 19, I just spoke with god and he has no idea when the Pandemic is going to end.
Right. No one knows when its over. I think places that now think they have “eliminated” it or have it “under control” easily can be very different months from now and where its bad now is then safer. We have to live with it. But it spreads through travel. I can’t see how tourism will be able to work like before.
Spread is out of control here and the authorities have no idea how to slow it down. I am awaiting the announcement of the new measures but I don't see anyone rushing to a microphone to fill us in on the details.
It’s very frustrating. Difficult to plan anything. I understand they in the beginning announced in the last minute but they should know more now.
Read it again... as for god he still owes me $50 from last weeks poker game guy never has cash..
This whole pandemic response has been a farce and a circus show. No one here has a real plan to help the people who need help or to control the spread of the virus. It's all just a disjointed patchwork of measures that ultimately will fail to achieve any desirable result. The DR is destined to see this virus run rampant across the country and what happens happens. Apparently that is ok with some DR1 users and most of the officials in this country. You can support people in their daily lives trying to stay virus free with some truly innovative thinking and actions but that is not going to happen I fear. It appears to be reaction politics like normal. No attempt to get ahead of anything or to really make a difference.
And that's my point, some compare it to a ghost town.
The North Coast while not a major contender also dead.
I'd be there right now under normal circumstances.
Of course the tourism revenue is badly needed by all involved.
The unfortunate reality is that the struggle will continue longer term.
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