2020 – Page 161

The Ricardo Limardo University Teaching Hospital in Puerto Plata reports 191 patients have recovered from Covid-19 at the hospital. The hospital is the main public medical center for the province. The hospital’s director, Dr. Edwin Lopez, explains the Limardo was one of the first government hospitals designated for treating patients with the coronavirus. He said …

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The Banco Popular, the nation’s largest private financial institution, has reported that it is gradually restoring its branch services. For the past 40+ days, managerial staff worked from home, and rotating shifts were established for the bank’s 137 branches. In a press release, the bank says they are instating strict health guidelines for physical distancing …

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The French Agency for Development (AFD) will provide €20,000,000 for the needs of Plan Sierra, located in San José de las Matas in the foothills of the Central Mountains. The low-cost loan goes to help the non-governmental agency in its efforts to reforest the Central Mountains and create the conditions for the sustainability of people …

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A report in Acento online portal reveals that the ruling Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) presidential candidate’s enormous fortune is due to his long-time procurement contracts with the government. A graduate in business administration, Gonzalo Castillo was appointed to his first government job when he was named Minister of Public Works by President Danilo Medina in …

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El Nuevo Diario interviewed Carlos Mirpuri, pilot of the Airbus 380 passenger plane that flew a Covid-19 supplies cargo flight from China to Las Americas International Airport last week. This is the first time an airplane arrived on a direct flight from China. The vice president of Hi Fly, the Portuguese airline company, knows the …

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According to Coronavirus Bulletin #63 of the Ministry of Public Health’s Department of Epidemiology, the Dominican Republic has 13,657 confirmed cases, 180 new confirmed cases and 448 deaths, including 2 new deaths. 2,066 patients are hospitalized, including 113 in intensive care units. The results are from 61,330 PCR diagnostic tests, for a record 19.68% positive …

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During the press briefing on 21 May 2020, Public Health Minister Rafael Sánchez Cárdenas confirmed the test positivity rate has been Declining in the Dominican Republic. There have been 61,330 PCR diagnostic tests carried out and 13,657 confirmed cases, or an overall 22.26% test-positivity rate. This means nearly one in five people who get tested …

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Dr. Adrian Puello, Deputy Minister for Collective Health, and Dr. Carlos García Lithgow, coordinator of Hemodynamics at the Centers for Diagnostic and Advanced Medicine and Medical Conferences and Telemedicine (Cedimat) are participating for the Dominican Republic in the World Health Organization (WHO) Solidarity Trial. Colombian Dr. Ana Maria Henao Restrepo is the team leader for …

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Luisa Fernández, the director of the National Council of Export Free Zones is impressed with what she calls “the capacity of companies to reinvent themselves.” She spoke at the Capex Master Class on the free zone sector. She said there are companies that had never manufactured face masks that are now turning out 4 million …

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Banco de Reservas had for small and medium-sized enterprisesOpposition party Santo Domingo province senator Antonio Taveras Guzmán accused the government of President Danilo Medina of allowing government departments and the government bank, Banco de Reservas, to irregularly favor former Minister of Public Works Gonzalo Castillo with juicy contracts and multi-million dollar loans. Castillo held the …

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