Alma Morales, the representative in the country of the World Health Organization/Pan American Health Organization (WHO/PAHO), recommended Dominican authorities to close off the province of Santo Domingo, the National District and Santiago, in order to stop the expansion of the coronavirus.
Morales said that due to the increase in confirmed cases of Covid-19 it is necessary to restrict the mobility of people in these areas, where the highest number of infected people are registered. She added that 55.7% of the infections are concentrated in these three communities, with a major strain on Covid-19 installed capacity at hospitals. “The overflow of those infected who are in intensive care threatens to collapse the country’s health system,” she added.
She suggested restricting mobility or imposing quarantine again as a containment measure to stop the virus. “The only way to stop...
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