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The Dominican government announced it would purchase 110,000 doses of the Indian-made vaccine Covishield. The vaccine requires two doses. As reported, the first batches of the vaccine would arrive in March. These are expected to be the first vaccines to be applied in the country. The Indian vaccine requires normal refrigeration. The vaccine was approved …

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The Ministry of Public Health’s Epidemiology Department Coronavirus Bulletin #332 reports 873 new PCR cases for the Saturday, 13 February 2021 deadline. The cases compare to the 7-day nationwide average for PCR confirmed cases that is 732. The number of PCR-confirmed cases is at 229,768 for the 13 February bulletin. Labs carried out 5,794 first …

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The Ministry of Public Health’s Epidemiology Department Coronavirus Bulletin #331 reports 1,131 new PCR cases for the Friday, 12 February 2021 deadline. The cases compare to the 7-day nationwide average for PCR confirmed cases that is 787. The number of PCR-confirmed cases is at 228,895 for the 12 February bulletin. Labs carried out 7,109 first …

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The Ministry of Public Health’s Epidemiology Department Coronavirus Bulletin #330 reports 1,050 new PCR cases for the Thursday, 11 February 2021 deadline. The cases compare to the 7-day nationwide average for PCR confirmed cases that is 871. The number of PCR-confirmed cases is at 227,764 for the 11 February bulletin. Labs carried out 6,175 first …

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Travel to the Dominican Republic is a bright point in the global travel industry. A combination of friends and relatives’ traffic and resilient travelers has made this small island in the Caribbean a shining star in travel statistics during the Covid-19 pandemic. According to the OAG, the world’s leading provider of travel data and insights, …

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President Luis Abinader announced the government would give details of the country’s Covid-19 vaccination plan on Monday, 15 February 2021. He said the government recently purchased 768,000 doses of Sinovac vaccines from the People’s Republic of China. The announcement comes after delays in the delivery of vaccines contracted with Pfizer, AstraZeneca and the Covax Facility …

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The Abinader administration announced it is reinstating the publishing of all the payments carried out by the government each month. The information will be available to the general public on the National Treasury website. The government did not give a date for when this would be online. The government says the payments made for the …

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The Chamber of Deputies approved a bill received from the Senate that amends and creates new deputy ministry positions in the Abinader cabinet. The legislators explain that the creation of the deputy ministry positions does not repeal, substitute, affect or alter the existence, nor the operation of the deputy ministries that created by other laws …

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The Chamber of Deputies passed the bill that extends tax exemptions for those operating in the seven border provinces – Pedernales, Independencia, Elías Piña, Dajabón, Santiago Rodríguez and Montecristi. The bill now moves on to the Senate for its approval. Companies operating in the area will have 30 years of tax exemptions. The incentives seek …

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The Dominican Association of Commercial Banks has changed name. It is now to be known as Asociación de Bancos Múltiples de la República Dominicana, acknowledging that it groups a diversity of institutions in the Dominican financial system. The Asociación de Bancos Múltiples maintains its acronym as ABA. In a press release, the ABA executive president, …

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