The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) recommends a one or two weeks lockdown in Greater Santo Domingo and Santiago to slow the spread of the Covid-19 virus. He said the timing is right with the start of the new government.
Dr. Marcos Espinal, chief of the Department of Communicable Diseases and Health Analysis at the WHO’s regional office for the Western Hemisphere, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), was interviewed by Listín Diario editor Miguel Franjul and journalist Doris Pantaleón for their program “Cita con el Covid.”
Dr. Espinal pointed to the high positivity rate of the disease in the Dominican Republic, at over 30%. The positivity rate has never been under 20%, when it should be 10% or less.
He stated that no country has real data on the incidence of Covid.
Vice President Raquel Peña said on Monday that the Health Cabinet will announce the plan to deal with the virus on Wednesday, 19 August 2020.
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Listín Diario
18 August 2020