The Puerto Rico Science, Technology & Research Trust has selected Wovenware Partners, a provider of Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based services and solutions, to develop a system to automate the identification and classification of the Aedes Aegyptis mosquito.
Puerto Rico Health Department officials confirmed Monday the end of the Zika epidemic on the island, saying levels have substantially decreased since the same reporting period in 2016, with approximately 10 cases reported in each four-week period since April 2017.
A panel of travel industry experts met this week in Washington, DC to shed light on trends and the ways in which today’s unique set of circumstances have influenced business travelers, leisure travelers, and groups, as well as the economy and society.
Experiencing a 96 percent reduction in the number of new Zika cases since the peak in October 2016, the Puerto Rico Tourism Company expressed optimism recently heading into 2017.
The U.S. Department of Labor announced Wednesday the funding of a $6 million National Dislocated Worker Grant initial award to the Puerto Rico Department of Labor and Human Resources to employ temporary workers to assist with recovery efforts after the Zika virus outbreak in the commonwealth.
Puerto Rico's group business closed off what has come to be known as the initial Zika period (March to May), “very much open for business,” with 57 new booked pieces of business including events, conferences, annual meetings and sports activities from now through 2017, Meet Puerto Rico officials said Thursday.
The Puerto Rico Tourism Co. on Thursday urged travelers to “make informed decisions” about summer plans, attempting to dispel perceptions about the extent of the spread of the Zika virus on the island.
The Puerto Rico Tourism Co. on Wednesday confirmed it is doing “everything in its power” to protect visitors to the island as it deals with the spread of the Zika virus, which so far has affected “less than one half of one percent” of the population,” agency Executive Director Ingrid I. Rivera-Rocafort said.
The two biggest threats facing Caribbean tourism today are four-letter words: Cuba and Zika. Both unnerve officials throughout the region, for very different reasons.
In an effort to curb the spread of Zika virus disease in Puerto Rico, Walgreens is collaborating with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the CDC Foundation to educate the public on preventive steps to avoid Zika, the company announced Monday.
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