COVID-19

What was someone entitled to under government assistance and makes them qualify?

Bulletin # 98:

Total Cases:          29141       Increase:  510
Total Deaths:            698       Increase:       7
Total Recovered:  16223       Increase:  217
Total Active:           12220      Increase:   286
Total PCR Tests:  135969      Increase:  2251       Day positivity    22.7%

Spread of New Cases:

DN                                     161
Azua                                    10
Dajabon                               1
Duarte                                  8
Elias Pina                             1
El Seibo                                1
Espaillat                               1
La Altagracia                       22
La Romana                          17
La Vega                                 12
Maria TS                               10
Peravia                                  2
Puerto Plata                         1
Hermanas M                        2
Samana                                 2
San Cristobal                       11
SPM                                        2
Sanchez Ramirez                 3
Santiago                               30
Valverde                                1
Hato Mayor                           1
Santo Domingo                  167
Not Specified                        44

Less testing less cases but the positivity remains very high. Cases everywhere.

DRVisitor - they had to be a legal employee of a company covered under the  suspensions due to COVID.  So that means they were registered in the gov't system as of Feb  2020 and then suspended after March  19th. AND they had to have had a minimum of  90 days on the job at that time. 

Many did not have 90 days,  many are not legal employees and or were not legally registered as of Feb.  The last is grounds to go after the company as it is a breaking of the labor contract if in fact they are legal employees and not registered.

Okay so IF they qualify and the company qualifies (many companies do not qualify)  then they were entitled to  UP to  8,500 RD per month, up to 70% of their reported salary.  So  if someone legally earned  over 12,000 a month then they could get the govt  maximum of 8,500 if suspended 100%. IF they made less then  12,000 RD a month they would get 70% directly from the gov't.

In some cases companies did not qualify as they were not registered correctly.  Employees did not qualify as they were not on the system or had less than 90 days. And in some cases they did not get assistance as they worked under the table and or for cash!

ANÁLISIS ESTADÍSTICO DE LA EVOLUCIÓN DEL
VIRUS EN LA REPÚBLICA DOMINICANA   INFORME #83

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TFMQHo … A8-ee/view

Bulletin #99:

Total confirmed cases:      29764      Increase:      623
Total deaths:                          712       Increase:         14
Total recovered:                  16357     Increase:       134
Total active:                           12695    Increase:       475
Total PCR tests:                   138698    Increase:       2729     Day positivity   22.8%

Distribution of new cases:

DN                                         168
Azua                                          8
Barahona                                 1
Duarte                                      5
Elias Pina                                  4
El Seibo                                     5
Espaillat                                   11
La Altagracia                           17
La Romana                              12
La Vega                                     36
Maria TS                                     1
Monte Cristi                              3
Peravia                                      10
Puerto Plata                             11
Hermanas M                             2
Samana                                      1
San Cristobal                            12
San Juan                                     20
SPM                                             12
Sanchez Ramirez                       5
Santiago                                     62
Valverde                                      1
Monsenor N                                1
San Jose                                      12
Santo Domingo                         183
Not Specified                              20

Yikes

ANÁLISIS ESTADÍSTICO DE LA EVOLUCIÓN DEL
VIRUS EN LA REPÚBLICA DOMINICANA INFORME #84

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Mcywyt … HyT6K/view

Santiago 62 new cases and 165 tests, Puerto Plata 11 cases and 39 tests........say something quite serious.

In the USA they are very concerned with positivity at 15% yet DR has had over 20% regularly for 3 weeks. Suggests a lot of transmission taking place.

You are correct I believe.

President spoke last night and said pretty much nothing. The current government has stepped back pending the elections and I assume transfer of power.

Now we wait for the minister of health to do whatever he can to control this.

THey may speak or mouth the words but having the population accept and action any directives is dreaming. I was surprised yesterday hearing a guy who lived in the USA for 19  plus years, and is going back shortly, say that "they" are conspiring to plant false information. I kind of agreed but also was very blunt in what I believe are the realities of this COVID 19 issue - pretty much common sense stuff (to me) and while I agreed the politics were  poor to bad, there're actions in zero distancing, electioneering, etc would end up killing and/or creating greater hardship for the DR. THis person is representative of many - when he hears the truth he understands, but when it's not forced upon him, he puts it aside and gets angry at his perceived lose of personal choices.....then there's those who don't have a clue, don't understand, don't have anything to live on and must get out to earn for their family somehow/something.....a vicious circle. Bad enough when one reads of people in ANY developed country stating there're being lied to by the government on this. In my opinion, if people had a government they trusted, understood ALL the info from the growing sources of knowledge that keeps coming in, and acted RESPONSIBLY, re-opening any region could done much safer and effectively. My greatest gripe is why are so few tests? Where do these test kits come from? Are they limited due to cost? Why are many medical people -Docs and Nurses, not being trained to administer the tests and ALL labs around the country, government and private, not part of the testing? Too many questions that are simply common sense to me.

One thing that has been awesome is the info being provided for us all here . A huge debt of gratitude and even bigger THANKS to Lennoxnev and other contributors.......I'm thinking that bottle of whatever in thanks is now a case....easily!!! Have a safe and great day folks.....

Testing is effective when the daily new case totals are maneageable.

For DR that was needed back in April when they could have tested trackjed and contained.

Now we are in a situation like the USA and Brazil. Far too many daily cases that no amount of testing is of any use other than to know the dire state the country is in. You simply cannot manage 40,000 daily cases and contact trace say 5 contacts per person daily - 200,000 people each and every day - IMPOSSIBLE. DR doesn't even know the true much higher numbers here let alone track and trace.

So what do you do?

Well some form of severe social distancing is the only proven way. Many countries like DR and the USA screwed this up by opening up to early and will remain in a dire mess for a long time as a result and this WILL effect their economies BADLY and far worse than had they took the pain a bit longer like much of Europe and the NE states.

We are in the SELFISH phase with denial by too many. Just look at the UK and all those people who went to the beaches and are having rave parties at night. DR will do that Sunday with no curfew and again before 5th July over and over.

Let's welcome the tourists but with more infections on their flights and here - this may unfold as a PR disaster and the effects will be long lived due to a rush to open without better checks pre flight.

ATENCIÓN: El Ministro de Salud, Rafael Sánchez Cárdenas ofrecerá una conferencia de prensa donde dará a conocer nuevas medidas para enfrentar al COVID19. ⠀
⠀
Fecha 🗓: 27 de Junio⠀
Hora ⏰: 4:00 P.M.

4.00pm news conference today by MoH of new measures for covid19, and probabaly declaring a national health crisis and using the Health Law to apply such measures.

So reading the various posts, irrespective of the pandemic, as from tomorrow, people will from all accounts and purposes ignore social distancing, curfews etc have street parties all of this winding up for the election on July 5th.  Bloody marvellous.

I did raise the issue of postponing the elections but was informed this was not in the constitution.  I understand that but when there is a pandemic surely to goodness, if there's a political will, someway round this could have been found to delay these elections, by all accounts I'm informed by locals, not much will happen after the elections anyway, whoever wins-it will continue to be political stalemate.

Lennox is absolutely right to say social distancing is the most effective tool, but I can never see that working in DR effectively because there is no discipline from the top down regardless of any new health declarations.

We all wait with bated breath to see what will happen in the coming days.

Bulletin #100:

Total cases                  30619     Increase    855         2nd highest day total
Total deaths                     718    Increase         6
Total recovered          16666     Increase:    309
Total active                   13235    Increase     540
Total tests                    142340   Increase    3642       Day positivity    23.5%

Spread of new cases

DN                                 318
Azua                                  7
Barahona                         7
Dajabon                           7
Duarte                              5
Elias Pina                         3
El Seibo                            4
Espaillat                            3
Independencia                1
La Altagracia                    20
La Romana                         6
La Vega                              25
Maria TS                             8
Peravia                              10
Puerto Plata                      9
Samana                             2
San Cristobal                    33
San Juan                            36
SPM                                    15
Sanchez Ramirez              11
Santiago                             55
Santiago Rodriguez           7
Valverde                             18
Monsenor N                        4
Monte Plata                        2
San Jose                               3
Santo Domingo                 234
Not Specified                      2

All but 5 provinces reporting cases. High positivity continues daily.

Great time to ease up controls?????

ducketts wrote:

So reading the various posts, irrespective of the pandemic, as from tomorrow, people will from all accounts and purposes ignore social distancing, curfews etc have street parties all of this winding up for the election on July 5th.  Bloody marvellous.

I did raise the issue of postponing the elections but was informed this was not in the constitution.  I understand that but when there is a pandemic surely to goodness, if there's a political will, someway round this could have been found to delay these elections, by all accounts I'm informed by locals, not much will happen after the elections anyway, whoever wins-it will continue to be political stalemate.

Lennox is absolutely right to say social distancing is the most effective tool, but I can never see that working in DR effectively because there is no discipline from the top down regardless of any new health declarations.

We all wait with bated breath to see what will happen in the coming days.

The Constitution did not allow for such a crisis unfolding and with such animositiy amongst the politicos, the health crisis has come second.

Danilo realized he could not get support for extending the state of emergency with an opposition who seem hell bent on going to the polls whatever may be with no restrictions.

The irony is that they may win and have a very much worse scenario in terms of health and economy to deal with.

It seems inconceivable that there would be another lock down post elections and new government but this virus will not stop spreading especially if people are interacting with such very high positivity. We need below 10% for a few weeks to get control and that is 'pie in the sky'.

Welcome to tribal politics.

Welcome to an unfolding mess after premature opening up.

He already declared that honey, now he is likely announcing (I hope) more measures.

All but essential services must close at the same time as the curfew from now on:

Bars etc. and people conglomerations prohibited.

Declaration of national epidemic point to suspension of economic, social and recreational activities

https://noticiassin.com/declaratoria-de … creativas/

ANTO DOMINGO.- As President Danilo Medina had announced in his speech, the Ministry of Public Health, protected by the General Health Law 42-01, will carry out an official declaration of sanitary emergency in the country ”, to continue facing the pandemic later to get out of the state of emergency.

This resolution that declares the national territory epidemic provides for a series of measures that aim at the suspension of economic, social and recreational activities from 8:00 pm to 5:00 am every day of the week, with the exception of following activities:

Pharmaceutical and health services.

Private security tasks.

Press offices and other media.

The provision of energy, water, telecommunications and solid waste collection services.

Industry work that involves working multiple shifts or 24 hours, but does not involve contact with the public.

Hotel services and other lodging places, as well as restaurant services and other food places, always in compliance with the protocols established for tourist and culinary activities.

The work of the mining sector.

The transport and distribution of goods, supplies and fuel.

The work carried out in ports and airports.

The work of free zone parks.

Construction related to sanitary infrastructure.

Funeral services.

The provision also indicates that any company that exceptionally requires work from 8:00 pm to 5:00 am and that is not within the exceptions of this provision, must have written authorization from the High Level Commission to Prevention and Control of Coronavirus.

During the hours referred to in the provision, work will be allowed for both mounting and holding the next presidential elections and proselytizing in the open.

As they are considered particularly sensitive sources of contagion, the resolution also prohibits the following activities at all times:

Primary, secondary, university, labor technician and any other subsystem that involves agglomeration of people.

Casinos, bars, discotheques, clubs, movie theaters, theaters, gyms and any other establishment of the same nature.

Commercial, cultural, artistic, sporting and any other events that promote concentrations and crowds of people, such as fairs, conventions, concerts and other public shows.

ports or other events in stadiums, sports palaces, sports arenas, galleras and other places of the same nature.

All health and management protocols for those infected with the coronavirus will be maintained.

I was in STI y'day.... took the Sabaneta/Moca road over the hill

Very little regard for protocol...
and 3 political rallies up in the hills w/ BIG crowds on top of each other

Surely will get worse

So it looks like they will continue what was in place already. The exception is the opening of resorts after Wednesday AND the elections.

Everything else looks to continue as it has been.

Santiago had a positivity today of 30%, Santiago Rodriguez of 47%, Valverde of 43% San Juan 25% San Pedro of 39% and Sanchez Ramirez of 28%. La Altagracia was 21%, Puerto Plata 18%, Maria TS 24% and El Seibo 57% (Miches included).

Not enough testing regionally and very high positivity tells us there is much more out there. The capital is looking really bad too. Stay at home and stay out of the cities and towns if you can is my advice and especially anywhere with lots of people. Shop early, use face masks, steer around people when out and use copious amounts of disinfectant everytime you touch something when out and shower when you get in and wash your clothes, disinfect what you buy and disinfect your shoes. New way of life for the foreseeable future if you don't want to ruin your lungs and internal organs even with a mild dose of covid19!

ANÁLISIS ESTADÍSTICO DE LA EVOLUCIÓN DEL
VIRUS EN LA REPÚBLICA DOMINICANA INFORME #85

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ujReSL … rnk5r/view

Page 10   - Sharp uptick in hospital beds occupied and ICU beds. The ultimate bad sign. That increase in active cases compared to new cases and the positivity levels are also very bad indicators for future trends.

The intrigue continues.

The communications spokesman for the President has cancelled at short notice the planned news conference from the Ministry of Health to outline new health control measures for covi19.

I wonder if the terrible situation developing in the USA now, with incredibly high and record daily cases in many parts of the country, has raised concerns and DR could be considering following Europe and Canada's intentions not allowing US travellers to come here right now? Or was this planned and has been pushed back or needs further consideration?

Costa Rica just announced it's opening up for international travel on 1st August and will only permit people to enter from countries with covid19 controlled. Costa Rica is a shining light in Latin America covid19 management and DR often takes their lead.

Wow

Maybe they will let everybody enjoy the end of curfew and then apply the resolution?

Gustavo Montalvo clarifies resolution Public Health circulates in networks on curfew

https://hoy.com.do/gustavo-montalvo-acl … -de-queda/

The Minister of the Presidency, Gustavo Montalvo, informed that the Ministry of Public Health will officially inform by resolution the measures that the government will adopt to continue social distancing by virtue of the powers granted by the General Health Law 42-01 to that entity.

From the early hours of this Saturday, the supposed speech that the Health Minister, Rafael Sánchez Cárdenas, would read at the press conference scheduled for 4:00 in the afternoon, circulated on social networks, and was later canceled. In this document, the suspension of economic, social and recreational activities is provided from 8:00 pm to 5:00 am, every day of the week.

(Copy of official MoH Resolution under Health Law)

Montalvo did not confirm the veracity of that writing, and said in another message posted on his Twitter account that the social and physical distancing measures adopted in the framework of the state of emergency to combat COVID-19, with the exception of the curfew , will remain in force until the end of said period, which was extended until June 30 of the current year.

This Saturday President Danilo Medina was in the province of Azua carrying out political activities in support of the candidates of the government party with dozens of people crowded together.

So  just do your best people and we will all be in this mess together!   Really what do they think will happen at  8 pm now?

This is ALL about the elections and nothing more.  Stay home people if you can.

Bulletin #101:

Total cases               31373        Increase     754
Total deaths               726          Increase          8
Total recovered       17142        Increase      476
Total active                13505      Increase       270
Total tests                  146060    Increase      3720     Day positivity   20.3%

Spread of new cases 

DN                                      273
Azua                                     15
Barahona                            24
Dajabon                                 1
Duarte                                    5
Espaillat                                 7
La Altagracia                        19
La Romana                           40
La Vega                                 30
Maria TS                                  3
Monte Cristi                            1
Pedernales                             9
Peravia                                    3
Puerto Plata                           6
Hermanas M                          1
San Cristobal                         26
San Juan                                  3
SPM                                         14
Sanchez Ramirez                   6
Santiago                                  54
Santiago R                               1
Valverde                                  11
Monsenor N                            11
Monte Plata                             1
Hato Mayor                              1
Santo Domingo                      207
Not Specified                           18

Hospital bed occupancy and ICU usage has gone up.

https://listindiario.com/la-republica/2 … la-capital

As expected, after the end of curfew Dominicans hit the streets partying, drinking and dancing with little social distancing. Plenty of reports and videos of probable widespread transmission spread in the capital and from what I saw travelling yesterday, across the country too.

So by mid July expect a big increase in positivity.

No big surprise at all.   Zero.  None. 

Yes two weeks and then three weeks etc  numbers will just keep going up.

What is frustrating is those weeks and weeks of following the rules.... For NO reason!

So the Health Act resolution is in force now with adjustment for political rallies:

Political proselytizing has the green light in the declaration of a national epidemic

https://noticiassin.com/proselitismo-po … -nacional/
SANTO DOMINGO.-  The declaration of a national epidemic made on Friday by Public Health excludes political proselytizing from contagious activities, giving the green light to caravans, concentrations and political activities with the only requirement that they be in open spaces; despite the fact that at a general level the call is maintained to maintain physical distance, use masks and limit exits to strictly necessary activities.

The declaration has been in force since last Friday, June 26, when there were only eight days to go until the elections on July 5.

The activities do remain prohibited from now on are those related to education, entertainment, recreation and sports, detailed in the four points exposed in the declaration.

Primary, secondary, university, labor technician and any other subsystem that involves agglomeration of people.

Casinos, bars, discotheques, clubs, movie theaters, theaters, gyms and any other establishment of the same nature.

Commercial, cultural, artistic, sporting and any other events that promote concentrations and crowds of people, such as fairs, conventions, concerts and other public shows.

Sports or other events in stadiums, sports palaces, sports arenas, galleras and other places of the same nature.

In addition to this, which is prohibited 24 hours a day, the Public Health provision keeps social, economic and recreational activities restricted from 8:00 at night to 5:00 in the morning except for very specific sectors.

At this time, even though it had the curfew, only the health and pharmaceutical services are allowed; private security tasks. and press offices and other media.

Also excluded from this restriction are the providers of energy, water, telecommunications and solid waste collection services and the work of the industry that involves work in several shifts or 24 hours, but does not involve contact with the public.

Hotel and accommodation activities are resumed 24 hours a day, restaurants and food establishments "always in compliance with the protocols established for tourist and culinary activities".

Another sector with the green light to operate without time limits is mining, transportation and distribution of inputs, goods and fuels.

Ports and airports, free zones, construction (related to sanitary infrastructure) and funeral services also operate again.


Let's see howthey enforce it after yesterdays free for all.

As for political rallies there is zero social distancing and massive people gatherings all around the country.....

https://noticiassin.com/inquietud-de-la … -pandemia/

IF yesterday was any example of what is to come, we are in bigger trouble.

https://noticiassin.com/wp-content/uplo … do.mp4?_=2

I was about to say unbelievable but of course this is to be expected in the coming days.

Please forgive my naivete but where are the police?  Is there not an Order stating people must respect social distancing and where masks?

No question the virus will spread, the hospitals  will become saturated.  The current R number of 1.03 is likely to go up. 

So what next? After the elections, whoever wins, what will happen.  Our gardener reckons things will remain as status quo as he doesn't believe the elections will achieve anything of significance.

Who really knows!

Ducketts

Where were the police to deal with the masses on the beach near Bournemeouth last week or at the London street rave parties? Same can be said of other countries.

We are going through the selfish careless phase. It affects all peoples worldwide.

The virus is able to spread much more quickly now and as the USA is now finding out, it is  becoming incontrollable in places without cut backs.

You can't open up economies without the transmission rate being very low and even then very carefully. Say 7% positivity for a two weeks continuoulsy. DR is hovering mid 20%. Way more than 1.03!

When you open up too early it gets unmaneagebale again and economic activity has to step back again.

I predicted social upheaval in the coming months as the effects of unemployment, debt burdens and hunger set in, and have no reason to walk back on that thought.

As Jay said we are in the very first innings of a baseball game. There is a very long way to go and much more pain to endure and lessons to learn, and adaptions to living and businesses to come.

Bulettin #102:

Total cases                 31816    Increase   443
Total deaths                    733   Increase        7
Total recovered         17280    Increase    138
Total active                 13803    Increase    298
Total tests                  148208   Increase   2148     Day positivity 20.6%

Spread of new cases

DN                                 86
Azua                               4
Barahona                     43
Dajabon                         1
Duarte                            2
Elias Pina                       2
La Altagracia                27
La Romana                   15
La Vega                          9
Maria TS                        3
Monte Cristi                  5
Peravia                           6
Puerto Plata                  9
San Cristobal               19
San Juan                         8
SPM                                9
Sanchez Ramirez          7
Santiago                        27
Valverde                         2
Monsenor N                   8
Santo Domingo            134
Not Specified                 7

We opened up and didn't have control of this.  This  was to be expected, all of us knew all hell would break loose before the elections! 

Lets see if they are able to shut it back down after the elections!

Has anyone heard of a “ Sworn Health Form” that is required prior to flying? Is this available at the airport or is a Doctor examination required. Apparently this is required under the new Airport Travel Protocol

First I have heard of it honey.

ANÁLISIS ESTADÍSTICO DE LA EVOLUCIÓN DEL
VIRUS EN LA REPÚBLICA DOMINICANA  INFORME #86

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mLitPl … M7Vvn/view

Some high positivity today in Santaigo and parts of the Cibao plus Barahona.

Bulletin #103:

Total confirmed cases     32568     Increase    752
Total deaths                           747    Increase       14
Total recovered                 17580    Increase     300
Total active                         14241    Increase     438
Total tests                         150919    Increase    2711     Day positivity    27.7%       

Spread of new cases

DN                                         231
Azua                                          7
Baoruca                                   8
Barahona                                5
Dajabon                                  2
Duarte                                     8
Elias Pina                                14
Espaillat                                   4
La Altagracia                           8
La Romana                             14
La Vega                                     7
Maria TS                                   6
Monte Cristi                            3
Pedenales                               3
Peravia                                    5
Puerto Plata                           39            
Harmanas M                          6
San Cristobal                         32
San Juan                                   3
SPM                                          2
Sanchez Ramirez                    1
Santiago                                  71
Santiago R                                2
Valverde                                   2
Monsenor N                             1
Monte Plata                              5
Hato Mayor                              1
Santo Domingo                      202
Not Specified                            60

Only 4 provinces not reporting cases today, high positivity, low testing and active cases going up and up.

Wow this is not good and will only get worse now.   I am sorry for everyone taking the proper precautions.

Bulletin #104:

Total confirmed cases        33387      Increase    819
Total deaths                             743      Increase         7
Total recovered                   17904      Increase     324
Total active                           14729      Increase     488
Total tests                            154129     Increase    3210     Day positivity        25.5%

Spread of new cases

DN                                     263
Azua                                    16
Barahona                            50
Duarte                                 14
Elias Pina                             13
Espaillat                                4
Independencia                   16
La Altagracia                       19
La Romana                          17
La Vega                                 9
Monte Cristi                         1
Peravia                                  2
Puerto Plata                         6
San Cristobal                       29
San Juan                                2
SPM                                       5
Sanchez Ramirez                 3
Santiago                               75
Santiago Rodriguez              2
Valverde                                24
Monsenor N                          8
Hato Mayor                           10
San Jose                                  7
Santo Domingo                   208
Not Specified                         16

High positivity continues (WHO recommedn less than 5% for 14 weeks before reopening). Active cases increasing in lareg numbers now each day - nearly 500 today.