Santo Domingo. – The Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD) He suspended teaching on the face -to -face mode and administrative work at its headquarters, Due to the weather conditions.
The academic entity explained through a statement in its social networks, that the measure was taken in attention to the recent bulletin of the Dominican Institute of Meteorology (Indomet) and alerts issued by the Emergency Operations Center (COE)which keep the great Santo Domingo on a red alert.
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“The directors of enclosures, centers, subcentros and university extensions located in the area of vulnerable to take the corresponding measures according to the climatic conditions of each locality are authorized,” said the House of High Studies in the statement.
Finally, he urged the university community to keep informed through the officers of officers and instructed the institutions of the institution to protect the goods and buildings in charge.
Work calls flexible day
The Ministry of Labor on Friday called employers and workers of Santo Domingo, National District and the provinces in red alert to more flexible working hours and postpone non -essential commercial activities.
The institution urged companies located in areas affected by the tropical wave, and that they are notified by the Emergency Operations Center (COE), to implement all the internal measures necessary to guarantee the safety of their employees.
“We reiterate the call to employers and workers to adjust their schedules and to postpone non -essential commercial activities until the red alert is degraded and workers can safely return to their usual work,” the ministry said in a statement.
He also clarified that these measures do not affect any benefit, right or prerogative of workers.
The decision was taken this September 26, in response to the alerts issued by the COE before the expected rains in different parts of the country and in the territories that can be declared on red alert during the passage of the tropical wave.
The COE increased a moment to 28 the provinces are currently on alert, five of them in red: Santo Domingo, National District, Azua, San José de Ocoa and San Cristóbal, due to the heavy rains generated by the tropical wave and a trough.
