As part of its efforts to continue offering services to the public during the COVID-19 emergency, the Wilma N. Vázquez in Vega Baja Hospital has invested some $500,000 to establish the COVID SE Unit, separate from the institution’s emergency room, hospital officials said. Hospital Board Chairman José Orlando Pabón, said “the goal of this strategy […]
The Puerto Rican Endowment for the Humanities will grant $500,000 to cultural organizations that have been economically affected by the COVID-19 emergency. These funds are available due to a special allocation from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), Endowment for the Humanities Executive Director Margarita Benítez said. “The $500,000 grant to the Puerto Rican […]
Passenger flow from the areas of largest spread of the virus in the United States has dropped but has not stopped. Those areas also have the highest concentrations of Puerto Rican residing there. That is coupled with the fact that island airports did not take preventive health measures for weeks and tracing people who were […]