{"id":5084249,"date":"2020-03-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-16T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ctlatinonews.com\/puerto-rico-governor-closes-schools-and-non-essential-businesses-sets-a-curfew-1-man-arrested\/"},"modified":"2020-03-16T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-03-16T04:00:00","slug":"puerto-rico-governor-closes-schools-and-non-essential-businesses-sets-a-curfew-1-man-arrested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/ctln\/2020\/03\/16\/puerto-rico-governor-closes-schools-and-non-essential-businesses-sets-a-curfew-1-man-arrested\/","title":{"rendered":"Puerto Rico Governor Closes Schools and Non-Essential Businesses, Sets A Curfew; 1 Man Arrested"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>By&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/angelicaserran0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ang\u00e9lica Serrano-Rom\u00e1n&nbsp;<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>This story was reported under a partnership with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctnewsjunkie.com\/archives\/entry\/20200316_pr_governor_executive_order\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CTNewsJunkie<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SAN JUAN, PR \u2013 At the moment, Puerto Rico\u2019s government appears to be taking the most aggressive steps in the U.S. to prevent the spread of coronavirus.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Less than 48 hours after the resignation of Health Secretary Rafael Rodr\u00edguez, Gov. Wanda V\u00e1zquez on Sunday signed an executive order closing school, all non-essential businesses, and also enforcing a curfew.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Governors across the U.S. have been gradually moving in this direction, but V\u00e1zquez appears to have skipped ahead, possibly because the island has only just begun testing for the virus.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Monday, Puerto Rico\u2019s government said a businessman in Orocovis had been arrested on a charge of violating the governor\u2019s executive order, and police had intervened in 24 other locations based on other violations.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is not a recommendation,\u201d said Secretary of State Elmer Rom\u00e1n. \u201cThis is an order.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The government reported that the 24 people received warnings, but that will not happen with the next violations of the order.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re going to fine them,\u201d Rom\u00e1n said.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The order shutting down nonessential businesses states that the total closure shall apply to \u201cshopping centers, movie theaters, dance clubs, concert halls, theaters, game or gambling rooms, casinos, amusement parks, gyms, bars, or any similar place or event that may promote the gathering of a group of citizens in the same place.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Restaurants or food businesses offering carryout or delivery, pharmacies, medical equipment stores, gas stations, and banks may continue to operate from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. Any person who fails to comply with the lockdown could face imprisonment not to exceed six months or a fine not exceeding $5,000, or both penalties, at the discretion of the court.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Puerto Rico also imposed a curfew until March 30, from 6 p.m. to 5 a.m. as the fifth case of coronavirus (COVID-19) was confirmed. Aside from the five tests that were positive for the virus, nine came back negative and four more tests were pending Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So far, 227 people had called the hotline \u2013 (787) 999-6202 \u2013 created by the government to report to medical personnel that they had symptoms of coronavirus, said the state\u2019s chief epidemiologist, Carmen Deseda.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Starting tomorrow, all press conferences will be online.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By&nbsp;Ang\u00e9lica Serrano-Rom\u00e1n&nbsp; This story was reported under a partnership with\u00a0CTNewsJunkie SAN JUAN, PR \u2013 At the moment, Puerto Rico\u2019s government [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[576,121],"tags":[1641],"ppma_author":[565],"class_list":["post-5084249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-democracypolitics","category-health","tag-coronavirushealthpuerto-rico"],"acf":[],"mb":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Jermaine Smith","author_link":"https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/ctln\/author\/jay\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By&nbsp;Ang\u00e9lica Serrano-Rom\u00e1n&nbsp; 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