2020 – Page 212

On Sunday, 29 March 2020 Dominicans read several social media messages “tipping” people that a total lockdown would be declared. Thousands headed for the supermarkets to replenish their stocks. Dominicans have been ordered to stay at home since 20 March 2020. Making matters worse on Monday, nevertheless, at the end of the 6am curfew, hundreds …

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Reports are on the deaths of four seniors that were living at a government run senior home, Hogar de Ancianos Club de Leones in northeastern Sánchez Ramírez. Dionis Antigua Rodríguez, director of the center, said that neither the Ministry of Public Health nor the National Council for the Aging (Conape) had responded to calls for …

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The plenary of the Central Electoral Board (JCE) says it is going ahead with the organization of the presidential and congressional election set for 17 May 2020. The JCE has sent the daily programming for the preparing of the elections to the political parties, with a final list of activities expected to be ready by …

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The position of the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) is that if the 17 May 2020 presidential and congressional election needs to be postponed due to the Covid-19 virus situation, the elections should always take place prior to the 16 August date for the inauguration of the new government. In an op-ed feature in El Dia, …

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In the Sunday, 29 March 2020 bulletin No. 10, the Ministry of Public Health reported that as of Saturday, 28 March at 6 pm, 859 persons have tested positive for the new coronavirus, and 39 have died, for a 5% mortality rate in the Dominican Republic. Of the deaths, 21 died in San Francisco de …

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Duarte province, and specifically its provincial capital, San Francisco de Macoris, has been named a model for extended efforts to combat the new coronavirus. Depending on the results in the province, the High Commission for the Prevention of Coronavirus could declare more extreme measures. The province has the fourth largest number of cases and the …

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The Mayor of Santiago, Abel Martínez has requested authorization from the High Commission for the Prevention of Coronavirus to increase isolation actions in the city of Santiago. He wants only food, medical and fuel suppliers to enter the city. After Greater Santo Domingo, Santiago has been the most affected by the spread of the virus. …

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The president of the Dominican Medical Association (CMD), Dr. Waldo Ariel Suero called for a 14-day total lockdown for the entire country. Suero said only a 24-hour quarantine would be able to stop the spreading of the virus. The president of the Dominican Medical Association (CMD) criticized that Dominican hospital physicians and nurses are working …

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The Ministry of Public Health is carrying out extensive sanitization actions in Greater Santo Domingo as part of actions to combat Covid-19. Brigades are combing neighborhoods in the Poligono Central and Evaristo Morales districts to fumigate streets, sidewalks, and garbage containers in the area where around 40,000 people live. The area has a large concentration …

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National Police director Ney Aldrin Bautista said that 2,404 people were detained on Saturday, 28 March in the evening for not complying with the curfew. The areas with the most arrests are the National District, Santiago, San Francisco de Macorís, Baní and La Romana. Bautista said it is everyone’s duty to comply with the curfew …

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