2020 – Page 218

To step up safety precautions for their customers, La Sirena and Pola stores have ordered that a distance of one meter be kept between customers that are now needing to queue to enter the shops, especially the most popular branches. Carrefour stores are now open from 9am to 6pm daily. Bravo supermarkets are open from …

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The National Council of Export Free Zones (CNZFE) reports that 586 free zone export companies have closed. But those that manufacture medical devices continue in operation. Luisa Fernández, the executive director of CNZFE, says that just one company produces some 20,000 masks per day, serum drops and surgical sheets. She said other companies have sent …

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Some 126 Dominicans living in Cuba, including dozens who were doing their masters and medical specialties in Cuba returned to the country on Tuesday in four separate flights. The medics returned on two chartered private flights. The first two to arrive were Helidosa flights. The company is owned by former Minister of Public Works, today …

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Public Health Minister Rafael Sánchez Cárdenas says that as of 24 March there is no reason to announce the suspending of the 17 May presidential and congressional election. The Central Electoral Board (JCE) announces on 24 March that it is closing for two days of sanitizing the entity. It announces preparations continue for the elections. …

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n a feature in Diario Libre today, Dominican historian takes the time to remind Dominicans about the influenza outbreak that killed 1,654 and infected 96,828 persons from when it started in November 2018 to when the last case was confirmed in October 1919. Read more in Spanish:Diario Libre 25 March 2020

Media reports are of a major traffic crash at the Sarasota and Winston Churchill in the National District. One of the vehicles turned over and was totaled. The crash occurred during the 8pm to 6am curfew, when traffic in the city is down to a bare minimum. Read more in Spanish:N Digital 25 March 2020

The Medina government issued Decree 136-20 banning telecom companies from cutting their customers off for arrears in payments or from applying late charges. In the same decree issued on Monday, 23 March 2020 in the evening, the government also banned social gatherings and the consumption of alcoholic beverages in neighborhood shops, or “colmados.” The stores …

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On Monday, 23 March 2020, the Medina administration announced that the Ministry of Public Administration has issued a resolution suspending deadlines for administrative proceedings and prohibiting the firing of public workers, unless there are proven criminal cases. On Monday, the Medina administration issued Decree 135-20 that authorizes the circulation of people and vehicles related to …

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The High Commission for the Prevention of Coronavirus announced that Decree 136-20 outlaws actions being taken by provincial governors and city mayors to restrict entrance to their coronavirus-free provinces and cities. Montalvo was emphatic in stating that such unilateral, uninformed and disorganized measures “do not help, are not necessary and will not be allowed”. He …

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The High Commission for the Prevention of Coronavirus announced the shutdown of two ministries and 57 agencies and departments. The actions are part of containment efforts. Other ministries are ordered to work with only half of their staff. Over 100 government entities are operating at the minimum. Read more in Spanish:Listin Diario 24 March 2020