The secretary of the interior, Antonio Luis Pabón Batlle, announced today that starting tomorrow, Friday, religious denominations are exempt from certain restrictions issued by the Executive Order in force. Until now the churches were only practicing religious services virtually, a method that has been agreed to continue using. “The Government of Puerto Rico, through the … Read more
The cremation It is not a mandatory procedure at this time when many establishments face limitations in their operations, so it remains one more option for relatives of deceased persons. The Puerto Rico Funeral Association (AFPR) issued a statement to clarify that burials continue to be carried out, although with limitations. “It is necessary to … Read more
Governor Wanda Vázquez Garced announced that it authorized the Education deparment so that, in coordination with the mayors who request it, they work to prepare food at school sites or Head Start and are distributed by municipal staff to children who have previously identified as needing it. “The current alternatives that are covering the distribution … Read more
The president of the University of Puerto Rico (UPR), Jorge Haddock, indicated today that he will wait for the completion of the cameral research around a failed purchase of a million tests to detect the coronavirus before the requests of resignation from Segundo Rodríguez Quilichini as rector of Medical Sciences Campus (RCM). According to the … 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 —- The number of infections by coronavirus (COVID-19) in Puerto … 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 —- The number of infections by coronavirus (COVID-19) in Puerto … 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
The Mayor’s Associations left the door open today to go to court if the Health Department (DS) does not provide information about positive patients to COVID-19 in their respective municipalities. The mayor of San Lorenzo, José Román, required the DS to deliver all the information related to patients in their respective municipalities in order to … Read more
The new Executive Order of Governor Wanda Vázquez, allows the Puerto Rico Police intervene with citizens who do not cover their faces. This was confirmed by Secretary of Public Affairs of Fortaleza, Osvaldo Soto in an interview with Radio Isla. “If it is not covered (in reference to the mouth and nose) the Police could … Read more
As a precautionary measure, the mayor of San Juan, Carmen Yulín Cruz Soto, announced today, Monday, the closing of the Río Piedras Municipal Police Headquarters because they will be in isolation 41 police officers assigned to said facility. However, this will not affect the servicarro established in the Río Piedras Diagnosis and Treatment Center the … Read more