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Attorney General Michael Peyrefitte is scheduled to appear on a weekend episode of Ask the Experts on Saturday night where he is expected to provide details of a countrywide curfew that will come into effect in the days ahead. That restriction on the movement of residents will see the hours reverting to eight o’clock at […]
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But we know that restaurants and other eateries will be allowed to remain open providing that patrons make reservations ahead of their visit, as well as sticking to ten persons only. Where sports is concerned, recommendations are being made to cancel all competitions, including basketball. The use of face masks for persons riding bicycles casually […]
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The steady increase in the number of cases of COVID-19 across the country, particularly in the north, as well as Belize District, has seen a climb to three hundred and sixty-six infections at present. Despite a sharp rise in new cases, PM Barrow says that there is no immediate plan to effect another district-wide state […]
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The coronavirus continues to spread at an alarming rate. The highest number of new cases was recorded on Wednesday night at a whopping eighty-six, which show that the uncontrollable virus is jumping into villages in the north and south as it maintains a foothold in San Pedro where the largest number of cases is registered. […]
Written on August 13, 2020 | Posted in
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The virus is proving hard to control and the list of patients is getting longer and longer with every passing day. On Wednesday, the Belize Coast Guard registered its first case of the coronavirus and by Wednesday night, it had spread to the B.D.F. A soldier tested positive among the samples of the day. Contact […]
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This is the first B.D.F. solider to test positive for the novel coronavirus; there are twenty-five others in quarantine. Commander Brigadier General Steven Ortega says that despite this documented case of COVID-19, the Belize Defense Force will continue the implementation and enforcement of administrative measures. These measures, he says, includes quarantine, isolation and source control […]
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Over a dozen healthcare workers have contracted COVID-19; in the most recent results, at least four health staff tested positive: two nurses, a lab technician and an x-ray technician. At the K.H.M.H., a doctor tested positive among samples on Wednesday. Tonight, the hospital is in emergency mode and there is a lingering fear that the […]
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San Pedro is exploding with COVID-19 cases; there is a total of one hundred and thirty-two cases. This afternoon, one of the brave frontline officers, who has tested positive, appeared on Facebook to show that there is nothing to hide or be embarrassed about since the virus does not discriminate. The frontline officer is in […]
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Over in Caye Caulker, the numbers are beginning to edge up. Like in San Pedro and other parts of the country, infected persons are coming forward to reveal their status. These decisions are generally viewed as positive and brave. However, there are many more patients who have decided to keep their status under wraps due […]
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Jimenez says that her recent travel history includes San Pedro, Orange Walk and Belmopan. She says that she has no idea how or when she became infected. Celina Jimenez, COVID-19 Patient “I had a feeling…I was having symptoms because from the minutes requested to be tested that was on Saturday, they tested me. The […]
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The use of face masks is an effective way to reduce the spread of the coronavirus especially in public spaces. As you know, it is mandatory to use face and nose coverings; and if you don’t, you can be fined. But not everyone is using them properly. So today, the top brass of the police […]
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On Wednesday, the People’s United Party launched its Plan Belize policy on education via a virtual press conference. The conference was led by Party Leader John Briceño and former Minister of Education, Francis Fonseca. Today, Minister of Education Patrick Faber was highly critical of the P.U.P.’s education policy, saying it is empty promises and poorly […]
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A bust took place this afternoon of more than twenty canoes believed to be used in contrabanding activities. It all happened in the village of Santa Cruz in the Orange Walk District, which is a known hot spot for contrabandistas who cross into Mexican communities and return with loads of contraband items. Last week, the […]
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Commissioner of Police Chester Williams returned to Douglas in Orange Walk District on Wednesday where he once again met with villagers in an effort to dissuade them from the illegal practice of contrabanding. With the rise in border jumping and the importation of COVID-19 cases from neighboring Mexico, there has been a crackdown by local […]
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There are a staggering forty-four new COVID-19 cases to report tonight; those are from samples processed today and separate from the thirty-three positive cases released on Tuesday night. That means that there were seventy-seven new cases of the virus in less than twenty-four hours. These new figures drive the new number way up to two […]
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Tonight, there is a fear and concern among healthcare workers at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital after one of their doctors tested positive for COVID-19. The concern at the hospital is that before he was tested he had contact with colleagues and patients. According to a memo from the K.H.M.H. C.E.O., the doctor didn’t contract […]
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And now we get an update on that hospitalized person who was transferred from Belmopan to Belize City at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. The patient is an elderly woman and is in respiratory distress. At this time, her situation is described as a critical as she requires ventilation support. Doctor Marvin Manzanero tells us […]
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As we reported on Tuesday, Elron Franco, Jesse Leon and Doctor Hector Cisneros who are attached to the pharmaceutical supplier all tested positive on Monday. During a contact tracing exercise, the results of the elderly female returned positive. She has been hospitalized since Tuesday and around midday today, her condition deteriorated. She was transported via […]
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So, as you heard the critical case had to be transferred to the K.H.M.H. One of the reasons is because she needs ventilator support, but the Western Regional Hospital doesn’t have a non-invasive ventilator. Doctor Marvin Manzanero warned that human resources is of concern. He states that if there are many hospitalizations, it would put […]
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The number of positive cases in San Pedro continues to jump and is peaking at one hundred and thirty-three as community transmission of COVID-19 spreads on the island. There are three active clusters and tonight, the Ministry of Health is reporting that a large number of cases may have been infected at a nightclub on […]
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COVID-19 is ravaging San Pedro where the highest number of cases is being reported. Up to Tuesday night, there were ninety-three active cases of the virus on the island, but during the Ask the Experts webcast today an additional forty have been identified in San Pedro, bringing the total to one hundred and thirty-three for […]
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Health officials from the Central Health Region have been on the island as contact tracing exercise continues for positive cases. While all active cases are currently quarantined, majority at their respective homes, there is a situation of congestion. COVID-positive patients cannot properly quarantine from the rest of the household due to crammed living conditions. Ministry […]
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A coast guard sailor is the first to test positive among his peers in maritime law enforcement. On Tuesday evening, the Belize Coast Guard was informed by health officials that one of its men was afflicted with the disease. That individual has since been placed in quarantine and is recovering under careful supervision. In light […]
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The news is grim tonight in respect of the COVID-19 situation in Belize. There are over one hundred and sixty samples being processed at the Central Lab and later tonight, those results will be released and are expected to spike the number further. But what we know up to news time is that there are […]
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On the upside, only one person remains hospitalized and that patient is in Orange Walk. But as the Central Lab processes more samples tonight, it is anticipated that there will be more positive cases. We asked DHS Manzanero about those clusters in San Pedro. He gave us a sobering update on the outlook for COVID-19 […]
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