Merengue band-leader Johnny Ventura is hospitalized in Cedimat. As reported, he had been hospitalized after suffering a fall. He was suffering from congestion and was tested for COVID-19. He tested positive and is now at Cedimat in an intermediate level intensive care unit. He said he has not needed oxygen. On Sunday, 29 March, the media reported that Ventura was no longer in the ICU unit and had been switched to a normal room with the adequate precautions.
His daughter, Euridice Ventura, also tested positive for the virus. She resides in Fort Lauderdale, Florida where she says she is recovering.
Ventura ran for mayor for the National District in the 15 March municipal election for the Social Christian Reformist Party (PRSC) and the People’s Force of former President Leonel Fernández. Ventura came in third in the election.
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30 March 2020