Physician Pedro Ureña, speaking on the La Cuestion talk show with Diana Lora and Patricia Solano, warned the government and newly elected authorities should not wait until 16 August to begin to take measures to contain the increasing spread of the Covid-19 in the Dominican Republic. After two months and a half of the lockdown in early May, statistics showed the disease had more or less plateaued. Nevertheless, the phased opening of the economy that began on 20 May has lead to a rising number in the pace of new cases. The intense campaigning leading to the 5 July presidential and congressional elections made matters worse.
The national health coordinator of President-elect Luis Abinader’s Social Cabinet, Plutarco Arias has criticized the Medina administration for politicizing the Covid-19 pandemic. He is on the Abinader transition team. He said it is clear there is a resurgence of cases with a projection for these to continue to grow in coming days due to the lack of timely action. He says the curve never flattened, and neither was there an effort to make it flatten.
In the press briefing on Thursday, 9 July, Public Health Minister Rafael Sánchez Cárdenas said he favors restoration of the curfew in coronavirus hotspots.
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10 July 2020