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Mayor Manuel Jiménez says he takes challenge to lead Santo Domingo East in worst epidemic in centuries

The new mayor of the municipality of Santo Domingo Este (SDE), singer-composer-politician Manuel Jiménez of the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) says he takes on the challenge of building the municipality that the people deserve. Jiménez was emphatic in pointing out that he begins at a city hall that has the most problems and during the …
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People do not learn: 109 die from moonshine consumption

As of this writing, over 100 persons have died from the consumption of clandestine liquors, called “Tapa Floja”(or Loose Cap), available in small colmados in many parts of the country. Other similar beverages are known as “clerén,” the Haitian word for bootleg rum. Public Health Minister Dr. Rafael Sanchez Cardenas observed in the coronavirus press …
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Dominican Republic – Coronavirus Covid-19: Bulletin #36/23 April 2020

According to Coronavirus Bulletin #36 of the Public Health Ministry’s Department of Epidemiology, the Dominican Republic has 5,543 confirmed cases, 244 new cases and 265 deaths. There are 971 patients hospitalized, including 135 in intensive care units. Bulletin #35 carries statistics up to 22 April 2020 at 6pm. The tally includes the results from 19,280 …
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Dominican Republic – Coronavirus Covid-19: Bulletin #35/22 April 2020

According to Coronavirus Bulletin #35 of the Public Health Ministry’s Department of Epidemiology, the Dominican Republic has 5,543 confirmed cases, 244 new cases and 265 deaths. There are 971 patients hospitalized, including 135 in intensive care units. Bulletin #35 carries statistics up to 22 April 2020 at 6pm. The tally includes the results from 19,280 …
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Vice President Margarita Cedeño: 70,000 new families to benefit from new government relief package

Vice President Margarita Cedeño served as the spokesperson for the Medina administration efforts to combat the coronavirus epidemic on 23 April 2020. Over the past weeks, Minister of the Presidency Gustavo Montalvo had spoken almost daily from the Presidential Palace. Cedeño announced the government would be including 70,000 new households in the RD$5,000 “Quedate en …
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Puntacana Group backs ayuda.do free telemedicine platform

Grupo Puntacana announced it is backing the free ayuda.do telemedicine and home healthcare service that is available to residents all around the country. The program is open to donations and is adding volunteers who want to offer free telemedicine consultations. Frank Rainieri, president & CEO of Grupo Puntacana, said that the service offers medical assistance …