CAN : 50 teams deployed

Dr. Hérold Didier Louis, Director of the National Ambulance Center (CAN), said that his institution had around fifty teams on national territory to respond exclusively to cases of the Covid-19 coronavirus.

Education : Haiti eligible for a fund of 250 million

"We have just ended the Board of Directors of the Global Partnership for Education (PME) which has just decided on a fund of 250 million US dollars for the Covid-19. Haiti is eligible. The PME encourages requests in agreement with the civil society," declared former Minister Nesmy Manigat Chairman of the Ethics Committee of the Global Partnership for Education.

DINEPA : Activation of emergency cells

As part of the fight against the spread of Covid-19 in the country, the National Directorate for Drinking Water and Sanitation (DINEPA) activated its emergency cells at the central office and in the regional offices from the South, West, Center and North "The main objectives of these emergency cells are to orient and supervise all the activities of DINEPA in the context of a health crisis marked by the presence of Covid-19 cases in the country" explained Guito Edouard the Director General of DINEPA

Covid-19 : 574 Haitians screened at the border

Tuesday, 574 Haitians returned from the Dominican Republic, were screened for Coronavirus during the opening of the Quarantine Center in the border town of Ouanaminthe

Cap-Haitien : Price control

Tuesday in Cap-Haitien, the team of the Departmental Directorate of the Ministry of Trade carried out inspection visits in the supermarkets within the framework of the verification of the prices of the products in order to protect the population against the black market and the abusive increases.

Miami : KonpaFest festival postponed

The organizers of the 22nd edition of KonpaFest in Miami https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-30280-haiti-diaspora-22nd-edition-of-the-haitian-compas-festival.html scheduled for May 16, have decided to postpone the event until next year due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

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