2020 – Page 188

Locally, patients have been treated with medications that have been said to produce good results. To tell from the declining number of patients in intensive care units, the treatments seem to be working for the better. The physicians that have accumulated experience with Covid-19 patients are sharing their results with the drugs that previously had …

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Education Minister Antonio Peña Mirabal says the government will wait to convene the National Education Council (CNE) to decide on the school year. In an interview with Huchi Lora and Amelia Deschamps for El Dia TV, Peña Mirabal spoke up against closing the school year now. He said the school year does not officially end …

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The office of the mayor of Santiago is warning that it will resort to the use of fire department trucks to disperse people agglomerated outside stores and banks. The city government warned people on Tuesday, 21 April 2020 that people will be wet with the water hoses if they violate dispositions ordering keeping at least …

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The Siglo 21 hospital in San Francisco de Macoris, the leading private medical center in the city, celebrated on 21 April 2020 the discharge of the last coronavirus patient in intensive care. The hospital had been overwhelmed by cases since 12 March when San Francisco de Macoris became the first Dominican city to experience community …

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Public Health Minister Dr. Rafael Sánchez Cárdenas understands the measures in effect have been working. He said the positive test rate of 25-30% in the country continues the same regardless of the number of tests carried out. He said this is the same regardless whether 300 or 800 tests are carried out. Dr. Sánchez Cárdenas …

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Gustavo Montalvo, coordinator of the High Commission for the Prevention of Coronavirus, announced the government will be purchasing poultry, dairy products and vegetables for distribution in food kits to the needy. The government announced reaching an agreement with the Dominican Poultry Association for a pledge program for 1.5 million chickens with the backing of two …

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As of Friday, 24 April 2020, Greater Santo Domingo will have new city authorities. That includes the National District that is the capital city, and the municipalities of Santo Domingo East, Santo Domingo West and Santo Domingo North, Boca Chica and Los Alcarrizos. For many of the municipalities, there will be a change in political …

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The effects of the change in leadership in city governments nationwide are yet to be seen. A stay at home order and curfew limits the hours citizens have to get about their essential needs. The reality is that the opposition political party, the Modern Revolutionary Party obtained 40.46% of the vote in the municipal election. …

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The president of the Modern Revolutionary Party, José Ignacio Paliza, warned those who are promoting no elections before 16 August that the people will not allow the government to use of the health crisis to remain in power. “Those who promote no elections before 16 August are afraid of losing them. A fine line separates …

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According to Coronavirus Bulletin #32 of the Public Health Ministry’s Department of Epidemiology, the Dominican Republic has 4,964 confirmed cases, 284 new cases and 235 deaths, up from nine the previous day. There are 946 patients hospitalized. Bulletin #32 carries statistics up to 19 April 2020 at 6pm. The tally includes the results from 16,682 …

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