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The COVID-19 pandemic in the Dominican Republic was a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The virus was confirmed to have reached the Dominican Republic on 1 March 2020.
Puerto Plata (Spanish pronunciation: [pweɾtoˈplata], Silver Port); (French: Port-de-Plate) [1] is a province in northern Dominican Republic. It is divided into 9 municipalities, 12 municipal districts and its capital is the resort city of the same name.
Jan 10, 2021 · PUERTO PLATA – Given the resurgence of positive citizens’ cases with the covid-19 virus registered throughout the country, the health authorities in Puerto Plata indicated that there are beds available for patients in that jurisdiction.
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The city sits on land that rises abruptly from the sea making it almost completely visible from the port. It is bordered on the north by the Atlantic Ocean and to the south and southwest by the hill Isabel de Torres. The small bay around which the city was built provides a natural harbor. Puerto Plata is the largest city on the northern seaboard. I...
Puerto Plata has a tropical climate, more specifically a tropical monsoon climate, with hot, somewhat wet summers and warm, very wet winters (Köppen climate classification Am), due to its tropical location and the cold fronts that reach the region during the "winter" which typically brings the area humid, wetter weather.
In 1508, Serrano and Diego Nicuëza were sent to the Spanish court to beg the king to treat their cities as the cities in their home country. On December 6, 1508 the Spanish king granted the cities of Hispaniola their seal and their rights.For "Puerto de Plata", as it was called in those years, it was described as follows: A silver shield with a gre...
Since the founding of La Isabela, the first village in the New World, on January 2, 1494, Puerto Plata has been a town of firsts in the Americas.Historians are not clear on the exact year of Puerto Plata's founding. Emilio Rodríguez Demorizi, Américo Lugo, Jose Bordonada, and Samuel Hazard give the year 1502 as recorded by Nicolás of Ovando. Dr. Ll...
The Municipality of San Felipe de Puerto Plata is prominent in agribusiness and tourism, making it a major contributor to the economic growth of the entire country.[citation needed] Other forms of income and economic development that serve to support some segments of the population include port management, sea vessel production, fishing, and textil...
The reports on the celebration of the carnival in the Puerto Plata date from the end of the 19th century. The central personage is the devil cojuelo, that in Puerto Plata becomes Taimáscaro, that produces deities Taínas in its masks, and a suit where elements of Spanish and culture are symbolized and the African essences, in multicolored tapes in i...
Some of the illustrioups educators who left a mark in the Puerto Plata education system include Antera Mota, Emilio Prud'Homme, Ana Isabel Jiménez, Mercedes Mota, José Dubeau, Doña Isabel Díaz-Alejo y Reyes, Doña Elvia Campillo, Isabel Meyreles, María Concepción Gómez Matos, among others. Currently, the municipality of San Felipe of Puerto Plata co...
Since the 1950s, the main sports institution of the municipality of San Felipe has been the League of the Atlantic one, which was founded on August 16, 1958, prompted by Fabio Rafael González. This institution celebrates activities during all the year, mainly baseball, and years later added basketball, with the time various clubs were incorporated;...
The city's tourist centers include Playa Dorada and Costa Dorada, located to the east of San Felipe of Puerto Plata. There are a total of 100,000 hotel beds in the city;[citation needed]there are a number of "all-inclusive" resort hotels. Puerto Plata is served by Gregorio Luperón International Airport, situated around 15 kilometers (9.3 mi) to the...
Puerto Plata is served by Gregorio Luperón International Airport which has service by 13 passenger and 3 cargo airlines. Port of Puerto Platais the main commercial port on the north coast of the Dominican Republic.
Aug 21, 2021 · The provinces of Puerto Plata and Espaillat rank fourth and fifth respectively with the most positive cases detected of the novel coronavirus, according to the epidemiological bulletin number 519 released by the Ministry of Public Health.
Sep 20, 2020 · Puerto Plata. The Public Health authorities defended the measures of restrictions on beaches throughout the province to prevent the increase in Covid 19.
Answer 11 of 23: Things are suddenly going crazy in the US regarding Coronavirus and even schools are getting canceled as well as most events. I find only 5 active cases in the DR. Is the coronavirus having much effect in the area? And any talk of flights between...
