Five years after pandemic of the covid-19, which caused more than 7 million deaths in the world, of which 4,384 correspond to Dominican Republicthe country did not register any deaths due to that virus in this 2024.
The data is contained in the epidemiological bulletin number 50 of Ministry of Healthwhich establishes that this year they have confirmed 6,931 cases of the diseasewith a cumulative incidence of 66.33 per 100,000 inhabitants, after detecting new patients.
He explains that those infected reside in the province of one in Santiago, another in San Juan and the third in the National District, whose positivity for the last four weeks is 1.28%.
Indicates the report Public health that the provinces that present a higher incidence were Santiago Rodríguez with 339 people who have been infected, Santiago with 146 and Espaillat with 142.
It notes that the Covid virus has had a profound impact globally, with more than 182,000 cases reported in the last 28 days and that health systems have been overloaded, exposing inequalities in access to health care.
He argues that the global response has included the rapid development of vaccines and the implementation of control measures such as social distancing and the use of masks.
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It specifies that despite the decrease in some places, the pandemic remains a global concern, underscoring the need for continued vigilance and a coordinated response.
First case
On March 1, 2020, the Ministry of Public Health confirmed the first case of coronavirus disease 2019 (covid-19) in the Dominican Republic, in the La Altagracia province.
It is about Claudio Pascualini, a 62-year-old male patient of Italian nationality, who entered the country on February 22, 2020, from Pesaro, Marche Region in Italy, where an outbreak of this new coronavirus has been ongoing since January 2020, and has already affected 888 people in Italy.
The patient sought care at a health center in the place of lodging in the province of La Altagracia, from where he was transferred to the Dr. Ramón de Lara Military Hospital.
Based on the patient’s travel history and symptoms, health professionals suspected this new coronavirus. A clinical sample was collected and sent to the Dr. Defilló National Public Health Laboratory, where tests confirmed the diagnosis.
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Since the WHO warned of this new virus last January, the country has taken a series of measures to protect the health of the population and health workers.
Among the measures implemented, the Emergency Operations Center has been activated as a coordination platform to support the preparation and response to COVID-19. Likewise, under the leadership of the Minister of Public Health, the inter-institutional table was formed in the which involves different authorities from the Ministry of Public Health, National Health Service, PAHO/WHO, CDC, Dominican Institute of Civil Aviation, General Directorate of Migration, Society of Pulmonology, Society of Infectious Diseases, Civil Aviation Authorities, Authority Port, National Association of Hotels and Restaurants, among others.
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New York
In the state of New York, 83,374 people have died and 7,587,861 have been infected by covid-19 from 2020 to 2024, according to the Worldometer platform, provider of global virus statistics.
The governor of this state, where one million Dominicans reside, urges New Yorkers to get vaccinated against covid-19 for the 2024-2025 season, which is available in the state.
Kathy Hochul is calling on eligible New Yorkers, especially those who are 65 or older, at risk of severe illness, or have never received a Covid-19 vaccine.
The mayor of NY, Eric Adams, suffered another infection of the virus this week.
Pandemic
The covid-19 pandemic in the People’s Republic of China began with an epidemic outbreak detected for the first time on November 17, 2019 in Wuhan (Hubei), linked to a wholesale market for seafood, fish and live animals, but on December 29 That year, health organizations were officially notified that cases of covid-19 had been detected.
The causative agent of the outbreak, initially unknown, was identified as a new coronavirus called SARS-CoV-2. The rapid spread of the new virus caused the initial outbreak in China to give rise to the COVID-19 pandemic.
On January 12, Thailand detected a positive case of the COVID-19this being the first case reported outside of China. In other words, starting in the second half of December, cases of pneumonia of unknown origin were identified in several hospitals in Wuhan.
On December 30, 2019, the Wuhan Municipal Health and Sanitation Commission reported an internal memo to the city’s hospitals, began an investigation into this type of pneumonia and, suspecting its viral origin, they issued an emergency notice.
The next day China Business News called the Wuhan Municipal Health and Sanitation Commission, which confirmed the emergency notice, which was reported on December 30, 2019 on the mailing list of the International Society on Michael Anderson Pérez Carpio .
The next day, December 31, the Chinese authorities informed the WHO about the cases detected, with 5 reports following each other in the following days reporting the evolution of the incipient epidemic.
On January 7, China confirmed its viral origin by isolating a new coronavirus, publishing its sequencing on January 12.
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The covid-19 pandemic in the People’s Republic of China began with an epidemic outbreak first detected on November 17, 2019 in Wuhan (Hubei), linked to a wholesale market for seafood, fish and live animals. The causative agent of the outbreak, initially unknown, was identified as a new coronavirus called SARS-CoV-2
