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The executive vice president of the National Association of Free Zones, Jose Manuel Torres, says the DR has important infrastructure to produce medical supplies. The DR is the third-largest source of such supplies to the United States. He responded to inquiries by Diana Lora and Patricia Solano in an interview on 7 April 2020 on …

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The director of the National Council of Export Free Zones, Luisa Fernández says that free zone companies were prompt to manufacture 230,000 facemasks to be used in the Dominican Republic. The companies are located in the free trade zones in Santo Domingo, Santiago, La Vega, Moca, Puerto Plata, Haina and La Romana. The CNZFE says …

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The president of the Grupo Puntacana, which owns the Punta Cana International Airport (PUJ), Frank Rainieri is hopeful that tourism will be back before the end of the year. The company has tentatively set the PGA Tour golf tournament at its Corales golf course for September 2020. For the moment, though, the last 100,000 tourists …

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Foreign Minister Miguel Vargas Maldonado announced the arrival of a shipment of 26,000 Covid-19 diagnostic tests donated by the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) as part of a cooperation package agreed during meetings of the region’s presidents and foreign ministers last month via videoconference. The materials were purchased from South Korea. They arrived …

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The Ministry of Foreign Relations reports on a shipment of 50,000 masks, 15,000 nucleic acid detection reagents and four fans donated by Jack Ma on behalf of the Alibaba Foundation of China. The shipment has already been donated to the Ministry of Public Health (MSP). A press release from the Ministry of Foreign Relations indicates …

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The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) announced the donation of 2,000 Covid-19 diagnostic kits that use a nuclear-derived testing technique that can produce results in hours instead of days. The US government is funding the donation. The DR is included in the first batch of countries to receive these kits supplied by the US government. …

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To protect patients and health care workers during the coronavirus pandemic, Casa Brugal Distillery announced the donation of 150,000 liters of alcohol denatured at 70 degrees. The alcohol is to be used for disinfecting and was received by the National Health Service (SNS) for distribution to hospitals and public health centers nationwide. “We reiterate our …

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The Voluntariado Bancentraliano (VB), the social and solidarity arm of the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic (BCRD), announced it has made a financial donation of RD$3.4 million Dominican pesos to the San Vicente de Paul Regional Hospital in San Francisco de Macorís, Duarte province. Of the total, RD$2.4 million will be used to purchase …

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The presidential candidate of the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM), Luis Abinader, informed on 7 April 2020 that the Medina administration had authorized him to install a temporary hospital in the city of La Vega. The hospital in La Vega would service inhabitants of La Vega, Monseñor Nouel, Sánchez Ramírez and Salcedo provinces. Abinader says he …

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The producers of Café Santo Domingo announced the Perelló Foundation will donate RD$30 million to the war on the coronavirus. The donation will be channeled through the Roman Catholic Church Baní Diocese and the Santo Domingo Archdiocese. The resources will be used to purchase medical supplies and protection equipment for the health care workers in …

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