--- title: "#DominicanRepublic 🇩🇴 #LaborAlertBDS: Updated COVID-19 Measures Adopted in Dominican Republic" description: "Updated COVID-19 Measures Adopted in Dominican Republic\nOn May 17, 2020 the following Presidential Decrees were enacted." image: https://publicaciones.bdsasesores.com/hubfs/GettyImages-476433472.jpg --- [![BDS blanco ingles](https://publicaciones.bdsasesores.com/hs-fs/hubfs/BDS%20blanco%20ingles.png?width=100&height=50&name=BDS%20blanco%20ingles.png "BDS blanco ingles")](https://www.bdsasesores.com) - [Team](https://www.bdsasesores.com/en/team/) - [Services](https://www.bdsasesores.com/en/services/) - Blog - [Labor Law](https://publicaciones.bdsasesores.com/en-us/blog) - [Corporate Law](https://publicaciones.bdsasesores.com/apriori-blog?hsLang=en-us) - [Store](https://www.bdsasesores.com/en/tienda/) - [Contact](https://www.bdsasesores.com/en/contact/) - English - [English](https://publicaciones.bdsasesores.com/blog?hsLang=en-us) - [Español](https://publicaciones.bdsasesores.com/blog?hsLang=es-cr) ![](https://publicaciones.bdsasesores.com/hs-fs/hubfs/raw_assets/public/Theme-Delight%20BDS%20Asesores/images/logo-BDS-blanco-jul25.png?width=200&name=logo-BDS-blanco-jul25.png) ##### May 18, 2020 2:10:36 PM # #DominicanRepublic 🇩🇴 #LaborAlertBDS: Updated COVID-19 Measures Adopted in Dominican Republic ![Alertas y SQ 2020_Mesa de trabajo 1 copia 8](https://publicaciones.bdsasesores.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Alertas%20y%20SQ%202020_Mesa%20de%20trabajo%201%20copia%208.png?width=782&name=Alertas%20y%20SQ%202020_Mesa%20de%20trabajo%201%20copia%208.png) On May 17, 2020 the following Presidential Decrees were enacted: **• Decree 160-20,** which extends the state of emergency applicable throughout the national territory for an additional 15-day period as from Monday May 18, 2020. **• Decree 161-20,** which extends the curfew until June 1st, 2020, with the following variations: Mondays through Saturdays, from 7:00 pm to 5:00 am / Sundays from 5:00 pm to 5:00 am Based on statements issued by President Danilo Medina on May 17, 2020 at 8 pm, the first stage of a gradual reopening plan will begin on Wednesday May 20, 2020. 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