Client Alerts

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ISSUES NEW COVID-19 REQUIREMENTS FOR BUSINESSES

On August 21, 2020, the Puerto Rico Department of Health approved additional regulations to manage the COVID-19 pandemic.  The “Regulation for the Establishment of Preventive Measures for the Management of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Administrative Penalties for Noncompliance” imposes stricter hygiene requirements on all businesses that have been authorized to operate during the pandemic . A .

NEW COVID-19 EXECUTIVE ORDERS MANDATING CLOSURE OF CERTAIN ACTIVITIES

Puerto Rico Governor Wanda Vázquez Garced issues new Executive Order No. 2020-54, amended by Executive Order No. 2020-57, extending the COVID-19 lockdown and citizen curfew while  ordering closure of several business activities due to a recent increase of positive COVID-19 results in the Island.   Executive Order No. 2020-054 issued on July 16, 2020 (“EO 2020-54”), extended .

PUERTO RICO ISSUES RULES FOR PASSENGERS VISITING PUERTO RICO

On July 3, 2020, Puerto Rico Governor Wanda Vázquez issued Executive Order No. 2020-052 establishing new requirements for tourists and passengers arriving Puerto Rico through the island’s airports as part of the measures taken to avoid further spread of COVID-19 pandemic in Puerto Rico. Executive Order 2020-52 will be effective from Wednesday, July 15, 2020. Requirements .

Lockdown and Curfew Extension and Reopening of New Business Sectors

On June 29, 2020, Puerto Rico Governor Wanda Vázquez issued Executive Order No. 2020-048, extending the previously-issued covid-19 lockdown and citizen curfew while authorizing reopening of new business sectors.  Executive Order 2020-48 will be in effect from Wednesday, July 1, 2020 until Wednesday, July 22, 2020, to address COVID-19 pandemic and economic sectors .   A summary .

Client Alerts

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ISSUES NEW COVID-19 REQUIREMENTS FOR BUSINESSES

On August 21, 2020, the Puerto Rico Department of Health approved additional regulations to manage the COVID-19 pandemic.  The “Regulation for the Establishment of Preventive Measures for the Management of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Administrative Penalties for Noncompliance” imposes stricter hygiene requirements on all businesses that have been authorized to operate during the pandemic . A .

NEW COVID-19 EXECUTIVE ORDERS MANDATING CLOSURE OF CERTAIN ACTIVITIES

Puerto Rico Governor Wanda Vázquez Garced issues new Executive Order No. 2020-54, amended by Executive Order No. 2020-57, extending the COVID-19 lockdown and citizen curfew while  ordering closure of several business activities due to a recent increase of positive COVID-19 results in the Island.   Executive Order No. 2020-054 issued on July 16, 2020 (“EO 2020-54”), extended .

PUERTO RICO ISSUES RULES FOR PASSENGERS VISITING PUERTO RICO

On July 3, 2020, Puerto Rico Governor Wanda Vázquez issued Executive Order No. 2020-052 establishing new requirements for tourists and passengers arriving Puerto Rico through the island’s airports as part of the measures taken to avoid further spread of COVID-19 pandemic in Puerto Rico. Executive Order 2020-52 will be effective from Wednesday, July 15, 2020. Requirements .

Lockdown and Curfew Extension and Reopening of New Business Sectors

On June 29, 2020, Puerto Rico Governor Wanda Vázquez issued Executive Order No. 2020-048, extending the previously-issued covid-19 lockdown and citizen curfew while authorizing reopening of new business sectors.  Executive Order 2020-48 will be in effect from Wednesday, July 1, 2020 until Wednesday, July 22, 2020, to address COVID-19 pandemic and economic sectors .   A summary .