After accomplishing more than 225,000 thousand molecular tests by private reference laboratories on the island; he Puerto Rico Public Health Trust (PRPHT), a program of the Trust for Science, Technology and Research of Puerto Rico (FCTIPR) together with the Puerto Rico Department of Health, warned on Tuesday about the reflected increase in positive cases of … Read more
After several weeks of being publicly unaware of the efforts of the medical task force, Governor Wanda Vázquez Garced reported today that she met with the group, along with Health Secretary Lorenzo González. “Analyzing and evaluating the current situation of #COVID19 on the island with the Medical Task Force and the Secretary of Health, Lorenzo … Read more
In a message offered to just 13 days of the start of the next fiscal year, the governor Wanda Vazquez submitted a budget proposal that raises spending in areas such as health, education and public safety and promises many additional benefits for public employees, despite the fact that promised to reduce by $145 million the … Read more
US health authorities issued an alert to doctors Thursday about a rare inflammatory condition related to the coronavirus that is affecting children. In its alert, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) called this disease pediatric multisystemic inflammatory syndrome. The agency’s definition for such cases includes current or recent COVID-19 infection or exposure to … Read more
A New York City nursing home reported the deaths of 98 residents believed to have had the coronavirus on Friday, a staggering death toll that shocked public officials. “It is absolutely horrible,” said Mayor Bill de Blasio. “It is an invaluable loss, and it is simply impossible to imagine so many people lost in one … Read more
After days of waiting, the Federal Treasury Department approved the plan presented by the Department of the Treasury to be able to distribute the $ 1,200 check that Puerto Rico taxpayers would receive as part of the approved financial aid to attend the emergency of the COVID-19. Governor Wanda Vázquez Garced explained this Friday that … Read more
“They presented me with a million tests, at $ 38, of the good ones and (they arrive) in five days. Give it forward. “ This is how, on more than five occasions, Dr. Segundo Rodríguez Quilichini described his reaction when Adil Rosa, then purchasing supervisor of the Health Department, presented to several members of the … Read more
The Governor Wanda Vázquez does not rule out starting some economic activities in the coming days in the midst of the emergency experienced by the coronavirus COVID-19. Although she assures that all these decisions will always be taken together with the advice of the medical task force, the president informed that she will be presenting … Read more
To our audience: El Nuevo Día offers you free access to its news coverage related to COVID-19. If you want to support our mission of providing you with true, relevant and useful information now and after the emergency, we urge you to subscribe to subscriptions.elnuevodia.com. — A large group of citizens arrived today, Wednesday, to … Read more
He Health Department confirmed on Wednesday morning that the COVID-19 coronavirus deaths on the island totaled 51 and the number of positive cases rose to 974. According to the agency’s dashboard, this represents six new deaths from the disease and 51 new cases that tested positive for the virus. San Juan, Guaynabo and Bayamón They … Read more