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Epidemiology (Sinave) Bulletin #18 dated Monday, 6 April 2020 reports on 1, 828 confirmed cases of Covid-19 virus, including 83 new cases. The data covers cases compiled as of 6pm on the previous Sunday, 5 April. The official numbers indicate there have been 86 deaths attributed to the coronavirus pandemic. This is up from 82 …

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Public Health Minister Dr. Rafael Sánchez Cárdenas said the coronavirus cases reported at the La Victoria jail were imported by visitors. The jail has a high daily visitation rate with many relatives bringing meals or cooking goods to the inmates. “We had asked the authorities to take measures to avoid visits,” said Dr. Sánchez Cárdenas. …

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Public Health Minister Dr. Rafael Sánchez Cárdenas announced during the 6 April 2020 coronavirus press briefing that the National Budget director, Luis Reyes, has tested positive for Covid-19. He said the high-ranking government officer is in stable condition. Follow the story in Spanish:YouTube 7 April 2020

Elías Piña, on the border with Haiti, and San José de Ocoa in the southwest, are the only two provinces in the Dominican Republic without persons tested positive for Covid-19 on the official tally. The explanation is that the local authorities early on instated roadblocks since the first case of a 62-year old Italian tourist …

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The Ministry of Public Health in Haiti reported on that country’s first death on 5 April 2020. It is a 55-year old man who had suffered from diabetes and hypertension. As of 6 April 2020 there were 24 confirmed cases in Haiti. The Haitian health authorities report that country has entered a phase of community …

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The Senate approved on Monday, 6 April to extend the State of Emergency through 8 May. 20 of 22 senators present signed a 25-day extension for the State of Emergency for the Medina administration. This would bring it to 8 May 2020. Two opposition senators representing the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) abstained from voting. Senator …

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The coordinator of the High Commission for the Prevention of Coronavirus, Presidency Minister Gustavo Montalvo defended government purchases for the pandemic in the Dominican Republic in his televised message on the evening of Monday, 6 April 2020. Widespread criticism surged after news was leaked on irregularities in government procurement of supplies for the medical emergency. …

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During the coronavirus briefing on 6 April 2020, the Public Health Minister, Dr. Rafael Sanchez Cardenas, said that stronger measures could be instated in other provinces in addition to Duarte province, and its capital San Francisco de Macoris. He said these would not be simultaneous but would be progressive. “The geography of each province is …

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Public Health Minister Rafael Sánchez Cárdenas said in the 6 April daily press briefing that special ambulances are been designated to pick up corpses of people who have died at home. At hospitals, special body bags are available, not so for those who die at home. Social media carried the case of a corpse that …

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Lack of diagnostic tests, only hospitalizing seriously ill patients, and lack of government support are among the reasons cited for the expansion of the coronavirus in the northeastern capital of Duarte province out of proportion with what has happened in the rest of the country. While the government says the virus in San Francisco de …

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