All posts tagged "Covid-19"

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  Puerto Rico Health Department recommends partial closure of businesses

  Gov. Vázquez expected to announce changes to executive order Thursday

  • Posted December 2, 2020
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  Why masks belong at your Thanksgiving gathering and how to properly clean and wear them

  By Jason Farley, Professor, Infectious Disease-Trained Epidemiologist and Nurse Practitioner, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing

  • Posted November 19, 2020
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  Puerto Rico Health Department reports 5 deaths from COVID-19

  'Over the past week, there has been an average of 776 cases per day, an increase of 64 percent from the average two weeks earlier'

  • Posted November 5, 2020
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  U.S. House of Representatives Passes Heroes 2.0 Act to Help Combat Covid-19

  Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration urges divided Senate to pass the measure

  • Posted October 2, 2020
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  Chambers of Commerce oppose potential lockdown amid rise in Covid-19 cases

  Coalition warns administration that more restrictions would be disastrous

  • Posted September 30, 2020
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  How to Tell a Political Stunt From a Real Vaccine

  Any potential vaccine would have to clear a slew of scientific and bureaucratic hurdles in record time.

  • Posted September 30, 2020
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  Fee cut to lure cruise lines to lay up ships in Puerto Rico ports

  Another Covid-19 lockdown 'would be the end of tourist activity,' says president of Puerto Rico Hotel & Tourism Association

  • Posted September 25, 2020
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  Trump’s Vaccine Czar Refuses to Give Up Stock in Drug Company Involved in His Government Role

  The administration calls Moncef Slaoui, who leads its vaccine race, a “contractor” to sidestep rules against personally profiting from government positions. Slaoui owns $10 million in stock of a company working with his team to develop a...

  • Posted September 23, 2020
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  Coronavirus case registry surges over weekend

  Contact tracing finds family, work are greatest sources of spread

  • Posted September 21, 2020
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  COVID-19 claims 12 more lives

  Health Dept. registers 848 more cases

  • Posted September 10, 2020