Chamber of Deputies clears extending the National State of Emergency
The Chamber of Deputies approved the request by President Luis Abinader to extend the current National State of Emergency and the curfews for another 45 days. The new period will begin on Thursday, 3 September through 17 October 2020. It has already passed in the Senate.
The Presidency has said it will take advantage of the special procurement laws to push through a request for 400,000 Covid-19 tests. Tests in the DR for the first two weeks of the transition between governments have considerably declined. Health Minister Plutarco Arias announces the new government’s goal is to increase daily PCR tests to 7,000, up from under 3,000 at present. He announced a new shipment of 100,000 tests has arrived, a second 100,000-shipment is expected early this month.
Source: DR1, DiarioLibre
Aug 30, 2010
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