2020 – Page 157

According to Coronavirus Bulletin #70 of the Ministry of Public Health’s Department of Epidemiology, the Dominican Republic has 16,068 confirmed cases, 345 new confirmed cases and 485 deaths, including 11 new deaths. 2,173 patients are hospitalized, including 58 less cases than the previous day. 111 patients are in intensive care units. The results are from …

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According to Coronavirus Bulletin #69 of the Ministry of Public Health’s Department of Epidemiology, the Dominican Republic has 15,723 confirmed cases, 459 new confirmed cases and 474 deaths, including six new deaths. 2,231 patients are hospitalized, 112 in intensive care units. The total includes 116 in intensive care units. The results are from 73,121 PCR …

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Public Health Minister Rafael Sánchez Cárdenas said that the spike in cases in La Altagracia are due to 28 positives found among 274 persons tested in the provincial jail. The Minister said that several inmates in Higuey were relocated to isolate them. Of those that tested positive, 11 were sent to the local hospital. There …

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The Medina administration has submitted a bill asking the Senate to add another 25 days to the National State of Emergency. While some argue this is necessary to continue to impose the curfew, with shutdown from 7pm to 5am, others say the government can still take needed actions without the declaration. Journalists have disclosed millions …

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Public Health Minister Rafael Sánchez Cárdenas says that hydroxychloroquine will continue to be authorized for treating patients with Covid-19 in the Dominican Republic. He said the local medical protocol establishes that the drug be used in hospitalized patients and that special care be taken in the case of patients with heart conditions. France banned its …

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Spokeswoman for the nurses at the Marcelino Velez public hospital in Santo Domingo gave the Ministry of Public Health 72 hours to provide adequate protective gear to the health care workers. The nurses complain they are given one set of protective gear for an entire day of work. They say this puts other patients and …

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Mark Penn and Centro Economico del Cibao polls are showing the effect of the aggressive campaigning carried out by former Public Works Minister Gonzalo Castillo during the coronavirus pandemic. Videos have shown Castillo activists hard at work in the evenings, during the curfew period with the police no where to be seen. Vice President Margarita …

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El Despertador joins the list of investigative journalism programs that have gotten the government to cancel contracting that violates the laws. This time it is Edesur and violation of procurement law and emergency law in the purchase of facial masks. The management at the government-owned power utility EdeSur announced on Wednesday, 27 May 2020 it …

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The plenary of the Central Electoral Board (JCE) held a virtual meeting on Wednesday, 27 May 2020 with the secretaries of the Coordination Offices of Electoral Logistics Abroad (OCLEE) and the representatives of political parties in each of the host governments, to review the current situation for the preparation of the 5 July elections. The …

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The Modern Revolutionary (PRM), the Social Christian Reformist (PRSC) and the People’s Force (FP) political parties proposed on 27 May 2020 that the voting schedule for the presidential and congressional elections on 5 July 5 be 12 hours and not ten as established by the Central Electoral Board (JCE). The parties want the election hours …

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