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Ministro de Salud Pública llama a arreciar las medidas de aislamiento por COVID-19
Sánchez Cárdenas declaró que “se precisa de medidas más restrictivas si queremos resultados en menor tiempo”.
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Expect rioting if the government accepts the minister of health's recommendation for a 24 hour curfew.
Completely unfounded statement. As I read most national news sources and the commentaries, most are in agreement.
3614 cases which 328 are new
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It took nine days to double, so that's actually good news.3614 cases which 328 are new
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~200 tests a day over 9 days, It would take that long for the confirmed numbers to double. Does nothing to address the actual true rate of infection or the time that number takes to double...
I suggest you do before it's too late. At the best, you can go back once the DR returns to a semblance of normality.
There is no one in their right mind that can believe that a 3rd world nation can weather this pandemic and concomitant economic collapse better than a 1st world nation.
That's a dangerous bet that oddsmakers would not favor the DR with. If you have a chance, get out. If Covid is raging like wildfire in the US, it's going to incinerate the DR.
It would be nice if testing in this country was expanded and reported so that the reported numbers can be considered "somewhat reflective" of the on-the-ground reality.
"raging" "incinerate"?? just like the US , the vast majority of the people that get covid19 will recover and/or dont even know they have it.
This has nothing to do with the case doubling, it just means they have doubled the tests in 9 days.
As said many times before, Austria with the same population size and also a large tourist industry like DR, is every single day doing more tests then DR in 2 month.
At that ridiculous low level of tests the number of cases in DR have no connection to the reality and there is absolutely nothing you can read out of those completely irrelevant numbers. It would be the best for everyone if they stop publishing those numbers as they give a false security and have no base on reality.
"The Minister of Public Health warned on Wednesday that the curve in the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 could extend to the end of June, if the authorities do not take more drastic measures with confinement and social distancing. Rafael Sánchez Cárdenas alerted the coordinating commission and the president of the Republic, Danilo Medina, to tighten the measures in the population to be able to return to normality. When questioned by journalists about his statement, he said that what is happening in the country is that during the day the social distancing is not being respected that if it is carried out at night when the 24-hour curfew is implemented. "The distancing measures are not enough to guarantee the continuous control of COVID-19 in the country, and more restrictive measures are required if we want results in less time," the minister warned. The studies that the ministry is carrying out indicate a prolongation that exceeds the month of June in the curve that is managed if more aggressive measures are not taken, according to the head. Sánchez Cárdenas offered the statements during the reading of bulletin 27, which indicates an increase of 328 cases in the last 24 hours, to accumulate 3,614, and a total of 189 deceased."Ministro de Salud Pública llama a arreciar las medidas de aislamiento por COVID-19
Sánchez Cárdenas declaró que “se precisa de medidas más restrictivas si queremos resultados en menor tiempo”.
I have said it before and I continue to say it: As long as they do not do the 24 hour they could as well do nothing. How they do it now is just a waist of time and money.
If you do a Wuhan-style lockdown for 6 weeks its resolved. You take once a hit for 6 weeks and then its over.
What they are doing in DR (and other countries) is terrible, they have a lot of economic damage and it will take forever. This is of no use and is the worst of all. Maximum economic damage and still a health.catastrophy.
In Austria they did an almost Wuhan-Style lockdown and the numbers are exactly (+/- 5%) following the wuhan curve. After over 1000 new cases per day we are now in week 5 of lockdown at 60 new cases (with 8000 tests a day) . Why on gods earth are not other countries simply following an existing manual from Wuhan how to do it. And Austria showed that it can be done in a democracy as well. And Austria was hit hard as neighbour of Italia and with a large tourist industry and they made big errors to close too late. But once they did they did it radically. Why all the suffering and the economic damage for closing but not closing completely? Are they completely crazy thinking they are more intelligent and thinking they can get away in any other way?? (There was another way in Taiwan, but that only is possible if you do it very early on, which is not the case in DR and not in Austria)
As of today, masks are mandatory in all public places
The use of masks becomes mandatory in public spaces
SANTO DOMINGO (EFE) .- The use of masks becomes mandatory starting today in public spaces and workplaces in the Dominican Republic, announced the Minister of Public Health, Rafael Sánchez Cárdenas.
This measure will be put into effect in a Ministry directive published at noon on Thursday, according to Sánchez Cárdenas in a virtual press conference.
"Now that we are mandating the use of masks to go out into the streets and in the workplace, please use it, respect the use of masks on these trips until more restrictive measures are taken in that direction", said the minister.
The most restrictive measures, the minister pointed out, "should put the focus" on the provinces that have an incidence of the coronavirus "much higher than others."
The provinces with the highest incidence of coronavirus are Duarte, Distrito Nacional and Hermanas Mirabal.
The directive also obliges supermarkets, banks and other businesses to enable special boxes to serve the elderly, which is the group of the population most at risk for coronavirus.
The Dominican Republic accumulates 3,755 infections and 196 deaths from COVID-19, a disease declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO).
In his speech, Sánchez Cárdenas urged the population to "intensify" social distancing measures to prevent the number of infections from accelerating again.
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The use of masks becomes mandatory in public spaces
SANTO DOMINGO (EFE) .- The use of masks becomes mandatory starting today in public spaces and workplaces in the Dominican Republic, announced the Minister of Public Health, Rafael Sánchez Cárdenas.
This measure will be put into effect in a Ministry directive published at noon on Thursday, according to Sánchez Cárdenas in a virtual press conference.
"Now that we are mandating the use of masks to go out into the streets and in the workplace, please use it, respect the use of masks on these trips until more restrictive measures are taken in that direction", said the minister.
The most restrictive measures, the minister pointed out, "should put the focus" on the provinces that have an incidence of the coronavirus "much higher than others."
The provinces with the highest incidence of coronavirus are Duarte, Distrito Nacional and Hermanas Mirabal.
The directive also obliges supermarkets, banks and other businesses to enable special boxes to serve the elderly, which is the group of the population most at risk for coronavirus.
The Dominican Republic accumulates 3,755 infections and 196 deaths from COVID-19, a disease declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO).
In his speech, Sánchez Cárdenas urged the population to "intensify" social distancing measures to prevent the number of infections from accelerating again.
Uso mascarillas es ahora obligatorio en espacios públicos dominicanos
SANTO DOMINGO.- El uso de mascarillas pasó a ser obligatorio a partir de este jueves en espacios públicos y lugares de trabajo en la República Dominicana, anunció el ministro de Salud Pública, Rafael
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The old nasty rag that you clean everything with and use to grab the pots when making rice and guisados can apparently double as an infectious disease masking when you go to the colmado only for gossiping. All you do is hold it up to your face when you see someone you find desagradable.
As of today, masks are mandatory in all public places
The use of masks becomes mandatory in public spaces
SANTO DOMINGO (EFE) .- The use of masks becomes mandatory starting today in public spaces and workplaces in the Dominican Republic, announced the Minister of Public Health, Rafael Sánchez Cárdenas.
This measure will be put into effect in a Ministry directive published at noon on Thursday, according to Sánchez Cárdenas in a virtual press conference.
"Now that we are mandating the use of masks to go out into the streets and in the workplace, please use it, respect the use of masks on these trips until more restrictive measures are taken in that direction", said the minister.
The most restrictive measures, the minister pointed out, "should put the focus" on the provinces that have an incidence of the coronavirus "much higher than others."
The provinces with the highest incidence of coronavirus are Duarte, Distrito Nacional and Hermanas Mirabal.
The directive also obliges supermarkets, banks and other businesses to enable special boxes to serve the elderly, which is the group of the population most at risk for coronavirus.
The Dominican Republic accumulates 3,755 infections and 196 deaths from COVID-19, a disease declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO).
In his speech, Sánchez Cárdenas urged the population to "intensify" social distancing measures to prevent the number of infections from accelerating again.
Uso mascarillas es ahora obligatorio en espacios públicos dominicanos
SANTO DOMINGO.- El uso de mascarillas pasó a ser obligatorio a partir de este jueves en espacios públicos y lugares de trabajo en la República Dominicana, anunció el ministro de Salud Pública, Rafael
I feel oh so much safer now!
So if we don't know any real numbers, if they aren't "connected to reality", why are any meaningful at all beyond those we know: number of positive tests (do we ever know of they are negative), number of hospitalizations and number of deaths (does the DR also use the loosey-goosey death criteria as in the states?)
I don't know about this alleged "false sense of security/" How about some accurate numbers so people can make rational decisions? Making decisions on worst possible outcomes makes as little rational sense as "false sense of security."
I found this interesting (machine translated from the original Hebrew):
Israeli Professor Shows Virus Follows Fixed Pattern
The peak of the expansion is behind us and the "plague will probably almost completely wane within two weeks"
Optimistic outlook or unsubstantiated information? Professor Yitzhak Ben Israel, head of the Cyber Center at Tel Aviv University, claims that within two weeks the plague will be almost behind us. "Things are misleading and outrageous," says an "expert" in response to things
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