Fundación MAPFRE announced it will donate some $650,000 to Puerto Rico, for the acquisition of respirators, medical equipment and sanitary protection to address the emergency generated by the spread of the coronavirus COVID-19. The money will be used to buy and distribute masks and medical supplies to hospitals and social entities in need, and to […]
The Caguas municipal government announced the availability of funds for emergency loans to the town’s small businesses, said Central Eastern Development Bank Executive Director Adrián Muñiz-Mariani. The entity known as BADECO for its initials in Spanish will be responsible for granting commercial emergency loans to city business owners, as part of a series of municipal […]
The Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics announced the launch of a daily data collection and consolidation system for hospitals to provide data of suspected and confirmed COVID-19 cases. The system was developed in conjunction with the Health Department and the government’s COVID-19 Medical Task Force, said Institute Executive Director Orville Disdier. Through this system, epidemiologists […]
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