2020 – Page 47

Many, many years ago a young Dominican boy was struck with polio. The child struggled. He was paralyzed from the waist down like so many victims of the disease. His mother, Mary Perez, an incredibly energetic lady, took great strides to help her son. In the process she also founded the Centro de Rehabilitación Dominicana …

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After United States authorities lifted the ban on cruise ship operations this 29 October 2020, the major cruise lines have announced the start of their winter cruise schedules. In the Dominican Republic, the Ministry of Tourism and the Port Authority announced the lifting of the local ban on cruise ship arrivals to local ports – …

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The National Drug Control Agency (DNCD) with the backing of the Armed Forces, intelligence agencies, and the Public Ministry’s coordination seized 1,747 packages presumably of cocaine at the East Haina Port in Santo Domingo West. Anti-narcotics agents, military personnel and canine units, were carrying out a routine inspection operation when they found a package hidden …

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President Luis Abinader announced that the private sector had put up the sum of US$8 million as a down payment on the purchase of 10,000,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine. Vice President Raquel Peña signed the purchase agreement with Astra-Zeneca (University of Oxford) to purchase the vaccines during a ceremony in the Cariatides Hall in the …

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The Dominican Society of Pneumology and Thorax Surgery warned on Sunday, 1 November 2020 of a possible resurgence of Covid-19 in the country. The pulmonologists say the relaxing of restrictive measures could translate into “a resurgence of cases of Covid-19, as has been evidenced in European countries and other parts of the world”. The overall …

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Dominicans are gregarious. It is second nature. This can include daily kaffeeklatsches, evening domino session and parties galore. Of course, beverages and food are involved, but the coming together of several persons is a given in any Dominican social setting. However, since mid-March, the Dominican Republic has been a semi-lockdown state, with curfews in place …

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The Ministry of Public Health’s Epidemiology Department Coronavirus Bulletin #227 reports 314 new PCR confirmed cases. 4,024 first PCR tests were carried out in time for the deadline of Bulletin #227. The 14-day average is 4,036 tests, a high for the Abinader administration medical team. The medics have explained the demand for tests has diminished, …

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The Ministry of Public Health reports that Covid-19 tests are free at several fixed locations in Santiago, the country’s second-largest city. The new testing stations are at Gran Teatro del Cibao, CPN Pekín, Guayabal, Matanzas and the Licey al Medio public hospital. Both PCR and antibody rapid tests will be available at the stations. Santiago …

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The Ministry of Public Health’s Epidemiology Department Coronavirus Bulletin #225 reports 419 new PCR confirmed cases. 5,294 first PCR tests were carried out in time for the deadline of Bulletin #225. The 14-day average is 3,745 tests. The 24-hour positivity rate is at 7.91% and the 4-week positivity rate continues to decline and is at …

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President Luis Abinader and Vice President Raquel Peña and Energy Minister Antonio Almonte were present for the symbolic start of operations of three natural gas-powered generation units and a chilling tower in southeastern San Pedro de Macoris. The 1,000 MW Cespm-Energas Power Park revolved around converting the 300 MW San Pedro de Macorís Electricity Company …

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