2020 – Page 209

The media is reporting on the increasing number of legislators and their relatives that have tested positive for Covid-19. Gustavo Sánchez, spokesman for the ruling Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) in the Chamber of Deputies is now interned at the the National Police General Teaching Hospital. At the same hospital, San Pedro de Macoris senator Jose …

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Public Health Minister Dr. Rafael Sánchez Cruz was pleased to report during the 1 April 2020 Coronavirus press briefing that beloved philanthropist physician Dr. Antonio Cruz Jiminián is no longer in the intensive care unit at the Plaza de la Salud Hospital. Follow the story in Spanish:YouTube — MSP briefing Bulletin No. 13 2 April …

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Award-winning writer, 69-year old René Rodríguez Soriano died on 31 March 2020 in Houston, Texas. He had tested positive for Covid-19 after returning to Texas. Rodríguez had visited to promote a new edition of his novel, “No les guardo rancor, papa” on the hardships suffered during the Trujillo dictatorship. The book is in its 5th …

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Luis Abinader, the presidential candidate for the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM), called for all Dominicans to put aside politics and focus on the present health challenges. “Today we have to be just Dominicans,” he said when interviewed for the “Show del Mediodia” noontime TV variety show on Channel 9. He said the PRM is waiting …

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The presidential candidate for the Fuerza del Pueblo (FP), Leonel Fernández, expressed his concern about the increase of the coronavirus pandemic worldwide, and suggested to address the issue of economic impact the convening of virtual sessions of the United Nations General Assembly, of the Group of 77 (G-77) plus China, representing 135 developing countries; and …

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After former President Leonel Fernández went online telling about his own quarantine and observing he had to make himself a sandwich and wanted to learn how to fry an egg, the commentary went viral on social media. One Dembow singer turned it into a song, and El Dia dedicated its cartoon on Wednesday to the …

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Looks like Televida will be the link for Catholics to follow traditional Easter activities. The Roman Catholic Church has announced the cancellation of activities that require gatherings of people. Some ceremonies and masses may be live-streamed. Easter this year starts on Sunday, 12 April 2020. Because of the risk of the virus spreading as a …

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In the short term, those living in Santo Domingo can already observe how the lockdown and travel restrictions are bringing blue skies and improved air quality to the capital city. Air pollution definitely has dissipated in the National District, the busy center of Greater Santo Domingo. With only essential businesses in operation and a 5pm …

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CComplaints of credit card charges using popular delivery services, WhatsApp group blog enabling people to request a government Solidaridad welfare card, and more new schemes are part of a generalized bid to take advantage of anxious people to cause fraud. Gustavo Montalvo, coordinator of the High Commission for the Prevention of Coronavirus, alerted the population …

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The 72-year old Canadian woman who was the second to test positive for Covid-19 in the Dominican Republic has had her first negative test. She had arrived on 22 February via La Romana International Airport for a vacation at a resort in Dominicus on a flight from Toronto, Canada. Public Health Minister Rafael Sánchez Cárdenas …

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