2020 – Page 186

The center was built to prevent crime, but now the nation’s leading surveillance system is coming in handy in the war against the coronavirus. President Danilo Medina was present for the inauguration of the Center for Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cybersecurity and Intelligence (C5i) of the Dominican Republic on 22 April 2020. The center is …

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Defense Minister Ruben Paulino Sem has clarified that gloves are optional. “Gloves are not required of people who circulate in the streets, nor can people be arrested for not using them,” he said when interviewed during the inauguration of the C5i, the modern Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cybersecurity and Intelligence Center.Already, Public Health Minister Dr. …

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The Dominican Republic’s official patient zero, 62-year old Italian Claudio Pascualini, was finally discharged from the Ramón de Lara Hospital at the San Isidro Air Base outside Santo Domingo. He was the first in the country to test positive on 1 March 2020. He had been hospitalized for more than 40 days. “Thank you, thank …

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As of 23 April 2020, Supermercados Nacional and Jumbo stores are advertising that duly identified health care workers, drug store employees, police, military, firefighters, journalists, and security workers can shop at the stores from 4 to 5pm. The stores will now be open to the general public from 8 to 4pm. The stores have already …

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The National Police reported the arrest of 16 people in Cotui, Sánchez Ramírez province for bathing in a river in a rural community near the city. The Police said the youths were disrespecting the order to keep social distancing during the Covid-19 epidemic. Colonel José Francisco de la Cruz, police commander in the province of …

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The Attorney General’s Office (PGR) reports the coronavirus epidemic has infected Najayo-Men’s Jail. “We report that to date, eight positive cases have been detected in the Najayo-Hombres penitentiary center,” said the PGR in a statement on 22 April 2020. In the statement, the institution assures that it has immediately applied the established protocol, which consists …

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A report in Diario Libre on 23 April indicates that farmers in Constanza valley have not found markets for their fresh produce. The president of the National Union of Farm Producers (Unaproda), Pantaleon Cepeda says that 90% of the fresh produce will be lost. He says that the recently announced measures by the government that …

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Cibao International Airport donates US$$1 million and 400 rapid tests to combat Covid-19The board of directors of the Cibao International Airport authorized the donating of US$1 million to the government to combat the coronavirus in the Dominican Republic. The announcement was made by the president of the board, Felix Garcia Castellanos. The donation is for …

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The Army is operating two mobile laboratories in San Francisco de Macorís, Duarte province, a coronavirus hotspot. The labs are installed to carry out diagnostic tests for the coronavirus. Deputy General Commander of the Army of the Dominican Republic, General Rubén Contreras Polanco said the labs will carry out rapid response blood tests. The tests …

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Outgoing Santo Domingo Mayor David Collado is proud to announce his latest feat: the lighting up of the Av. Winston Churchill, one of the most important roads in the capital city. Collado said he was able to complete the first stage of the lighting project that seeks to improve security of thousands of employees, residents …

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