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Santo Domingo.- President Luis Abinader said Monday that the government has yet to take restrictive confinement measures in light of the increase in COVID-19 cases reported in recent days.
The president, who participated in a meeting with the Health Cabinet, said that, although positivity has increased, the fatality rate has dropped.
“We continue with the meetings in permanent session, but meanwhile, with such a low level of fatality and with a low level of hospitalization, we still do not have any measures, as no country in the world does,” he said.
According to epidemiological bulletin number 655, positivity this Monday was 44.23%, but fatality has dropped from 1.02 to 1.00%. 2,856 new infections were reported, assuming a historical maximum of daily cases, driven by the omicron variant.
Keep it open…
Do you think they should let thousands of people off the cruise ships at this time?
Whatever the USA does, …..the RD does.
A thing President Abinader should do at this time is to limit the size of large gatherings to hinder the exponential transmission of omicron.
Wonder how many of the tens of thousand folks who attended the “la Batalla de la Fe” in Santo Domingo on the holiday weekend had omicron and passed it on to others who then will pass it on.
but fatality has dropped from 1.02 to 1.00%
What world is he in when he says no country in the world has covid restrictions? Is this a misprint?
Tourists are their bread and butter but if everyone is sick then what kind of a holiday will they remember?