Deputies approve resolution and declare the country in a state of emergency by COVID-19
The Chamber of Deputies approved on Thursday afternoon in an extraordinary session the resolution sent by the Executive Power declaring the Dominican Republic in a state of emergency due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.
The state of emergency, which will be for 25 days, will allow President Danilo Medina to provisionally suppress freedom of transit and execute extraordinary measures to confront COVID-19, which has already claimed the lives of two people and 34 affected, according to the latest figures from the Ministry of Public Health.
The resolution was approved by the 190 deputies present and now passes to the Executive Branch for enactment.
Source: DiarioLibre
Mar 19, 2020
Category: DR News |