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The COVID-19 pandemic in Puerto Rico was an ongoing viral pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 ( COVID-19 ), a novel infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 ( SARS-CoV-2 ). It is part of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic . Puerto Rico started addressing the risks of an outbreak in early 2020.
Executive branch of thegovernment of Puerto Rico. The Secretary of Health of Puerto Rico ( Spanish: Secretario de Salud de Puerto Rico) leads the Department of Health of Puerto Rico and all efforts related to health in Puerto Rico. [1]
Unit. Command Surgeon 1st Mission Support Command. Rafael Rodríguez Mercado is a Puerto Rican neurosurgeon and military officer. He was the Secretary of Health of Puerto Rico from 2017 until his resignation in 2020. Rodríguez Mercado previously served as chancellor of the University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus .
The newscast was anchored by Gloria Soltero and Pedro Luis Garcia. Currently the newscast carries the name Notiseis 360 . Other media ventures in Puerto Rico include The San Juan Star, Metro Newspaper, Claridad, Caribbean Business, NotiCel and a series of regional papers such as Vision, La Calle, Jornada PR, among others.
Puerto Rico celebrates all official U.S. holidays, [1] and other official holidays established by the Commonwealth government. Additionally, many municipalities celebrate their own Patron Saint Festivals (fiestas patronales in Spanish), as well as festivals honoring cultural icons like bomba y plena, danza, salsa, hamacas (hammocks), and popular crops such as plantains and coffee.
January 6 – A magnitude 5.8M w earthquake causes landslides, power outages, and the destruction of Punta Ventana, a natural stone arch along the southern coast. No casualties were reported. [1] January 7 – A 6.4M w 2020 Guayanilla earthquake rocks southwest Puerto Rico. One man died and 8 were injured.
Culture of Puerto Rico. The Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña (English: Institute of Puerto Rican Culture ), or ICP for short, is an institution of the Government of Puerto Rico responsible for the establishment of the cultural policies required in order to study, preserve, promote, enrich, and diffuse the cultural values of Puerto Rico. [ 1]
Six months into the coronavirus pandemic, Modesta Irizarry has seen the growing toll of food insecurity across communities in Puerto Rico. From homeless people and families living in middle-class ...