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Culture Minister Eduardo Selman is recovering from Covid-19 at home. As reported, he is working from home. The Ministry of Culture had announced that as of 23 March all activities at the Ministry went into recess after the state of emergency was declared. The Ministry of Public Administration ordered the temporary closure of activities by …

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The Dominican Medical Association (CMD) reports that more than a dozen pregnant women were admitted to the San Lorenzo de los Mina Maternity Hospital and tested positive for Covid-19. The hospital treats low-income women with no medical insurance. Dr. Waldo Ariel Suero, president of the CMD, said on Thursday, 23 April 2020, that two newborn …

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First there was a warning. When people queuing up too closely to enter banks and supermarkets in Santiago did not heed to the order to keep a distance of two meters, on Thursday, 23 April 2020, they were drenched with hosed water. The measure was ordered by the Santiago Mayor’s Office and is being carried …

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The National Health Service (SNS), the government entity that coordinates all hospitals in the Dominican Republic, reports that there are 2,600 beds in hospitals designated to treat Covid-19 patients around the country. As of Coronavirus Bulletin #35, with data up to 22 April 2020, there were 971 patients hospitalized nationwide. The director of the SNS, …

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Physicians in the Dominican Republic are all recommending people keep social distance, use of facial masks and hand washing hygiene, stay-at-home and other measures suggested by the government following World Health Organization protocols. But what if you think you have caught the coronavirus? Local physicians have been using low costing hydroxychloroquine (plaquinol) and ivermectin. Tocilizumab …

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New studies are showing that cats can spread the coronavirus. There is no scientific evidence the cats can spread the disease to humans. Yet, the story is circulating as a warning to Dominican cat lovers to take extra care and, just in case, put their cats in lockdown, too. Reports from the Harbin Veterinary Research …

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In an interview with Listin Diario, brother and sister physicians, Ruben and Ligia Peralta strongly recommend that the medical authorities lockdown the provinces where there are few or no cases. The country is in the mitigation phase of the epidemic, but more than half of the country’s provinces do not yet have widespread community transmission …

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The Police and state prosecutors announced the shutdown of a clandestine drug factory in Santiago. Fake drugs were packaged at the site in Licey al Medio, on the outskirts of Santiago. At the site, buckets and cardboard boxes filled with the packaged pills were seized. Machinery that was used for the packaging of the drugs …

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According to Coronavirus Bulletin #34 of the Public Health Ministry’s Department of Epidemiology, the Dominican Republic has 5,360 confirmed cases, 256 new cases and 260 deaths. There are 955 patients hospitalized, including 135 in intensive care units. Bulletin #34 carries statistics up to 21 April 2020 at 6pm. The tally includes the results from 18,261 …

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President Danilo Medina defended on Wednesday, 22 April 2020, the partial lockdown in the country. He said the government has allowed energy, agriculture and industrial sectors to continue to operate. The President says it is not yet time to open up the other activities. He spoke during the inauguration of the C5i monitoring facility at …

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