Business to Reopen During Certain Hours

The two-week lockdown winds down at midnight on Saturday and according to the Attorney General Michael Peyrefitte, public transportation will resume for essential workers who will be required to travel by land, but wearing face masks. Water taxis can also function but only for essential services and we are not yet allowed to go to the cayes for fun. Peyrefitte is asking the public to continue practicing social distancing and adhere to the regulations attached to the State of Emergency.

Michael Peyrefitte

Michael Peyrefitte, Attorney General

“Public transportation providers will now be allowed to operate again. When I say public transportation providers we talk about bus, water taxi, the planes like Maya or Tropic. They can now move, but let me make a clarification again. If you travelling on water taxi, bus or a small plane you still can’t leave Belize City to casually hang out at the split in Caye Caulker this Sunday. We are not there yet. You can only use that to go Caye Caulker if you have one of the things I read earlier for medical reasons or for something that you have to do. We are not at the stage as yet where we can be causal. We are not there yet. Hopefully we can get their soon and if we continue the way we are going we will get there but we are not there yet. Now, construction from five to seven and construction sites are once again allowed to operate. Pharmacies, markets convenience stores can now open from eight in the morning to seven in the night once again.”