All Dominican ports and airports are closed due to the new coronavirus. The executive director of the Port Authority, Víctor Gómez Casanova, said that there will not be an exception to the ban in the case of a vessel that had requested authorization to dock in the country with several foreigners at the port of Manzanillo. Social media had carried reports of a sailing boat with an Italian crew off the coast of Montecristi province. So far, Montecristi does not have any positive cases of Covid-19 reported. Casanova said the sailboat did not have permission to dock in local ports. He said the provincial governor and police should take the appropriate measures.
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Diario Libre
30 March 2020