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Strident measures are being imposed across the country due to an exploding number of cases of corona virus. There are more than fifty active cases as of now. First, we can say that there is community transmission in San Pedro which is now under lockdown as are three villages in the Orange Walk District for […]
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Now in the case of San Pedro, hundreds have been leaving the island. Prime Minister Dean Barrow announced today that Ambergris Caye, where there is community spread and two COVID-19 clusters, will go under total lockdown. So for the second time, Belize’s top tourist destination will be cut off from the rest of the country. […]
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Turning to Orange Walk….the villages of Santa Martha, Shipyard and Guinea Grass will also go into lockdown at midnight. Santa Martha is of particular concern because a cluster has been identified there. Cases have also been detected in Shipyard and Guinea Grass, so those two communities go under lockdown as well. The rest of the […]
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What led to the lockdown and curfew is an additional fourteen cases of COVID-19 that were identified overnight, bringing the total number of active cases of the virus in Belize to fifty-three. An additional thirteen cases were from San Pedro and one in Belmopan. Of the thirteen in San Pedro, ten were linked to the […]
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Contact tracing for the positive case in Belmopan begins; that person is linked to the Santa Martha case in the north. The mapping exercise continues for the clusters in San Pedro and elsewhere. In his presentation today, Doctor Manzanero stressed that non-essential travel across the country must be avoided to contain any spread of the […]
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Border jumpers are giving rise to an increase in the number of cases especially so in bordering communities. Government will also be going to the House to amend legislation to curb the contraband hustle. The full force of the law will come down on anyone caught with contraband goods; these persons will be charged as […]
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A gang related murder occurred on Wednesday night. Skakeem Humes Senior was shot multiple times and died at the K.H.M.H. undergoing treatment. The police say that three men drove up to the Eight Miles community on the George Price Highway. The murder victim was repairing a vehicle along with friends when someone called out to […]
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Police have arrested and charged two brothers in connection with the double murder that happened on Sunday, July nineteenth in San Ignacio. Thirty-one-year-old Minor Galindo and thirty-four-year-old David Galindo of Santa Elena were charged with conspiracy to commit murder. Police say the brothers were connected to the fatal shooting that claimed the lives of footballer […]
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Three employees of the Immigration Department have been detained by police in connection with drug trafficking but the men will not be formally charged until two weeks’ time. Police say the bust involves immigration workers travelling to a border village in the north to conduct the drug deal. What we know tonight is that on […]
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The news tonight is that number of corona virus cases continues to climb setting new records. As many as fifteen new cases of the coronavirus have been confirmed setting a new record number of persons affected by the virus. Over the weekend, the number spiked to fifty-seven, and now there are also fourteen other possible […]
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There is no community spread as yet, but Ambergris Caye, Orange Walk and, to a lesser extent, Corozal remain areas of great concern given the contact tracing and testing taking place of persons that may be exposed. Doctor Marvin Manzanero says that the tracing and mapping exercise has so far indicated that several of the […]
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One of the big announcements is regards in the opening of schools. Now parents and teachers have been expressing concern over the health of their children and those of the teachers if the virus is to spread. The preparedness of schools to cope with the guidelines of social distancing and the use of face masks […]
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But even as a date for the reopening of schools has not been set, Minister of Education Patrick Faber stressed the need for teachers to continue to prepare for the eventual reopening. The Minister said teachers are to spend time on contingency planning if the situation is to further deteriorate and reopening is further delayed. […]
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We will come to the latest on the P.G.I.A., but during the course of his lengthy presentation today, the Prime Minister misspoke, saying that a flight from Texas had arrived with potential investors for a hotel in San Pedro. While he called no name, the Prime Minister said enough to identify the parties involved. Well, […]
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While that private jet clearly did not land in Belize, there are reports of a private flight into Belize. According to reports, the private flight carried the family of a well-known Belizean businessman with ties to San Pedro, Ambergris Caye. Prime Minister Dean Barrow was asked for comment, but did not elaborate. Prime Minister […]
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The long anticipated reopening of the airport will not happen as planned. After a very stern warning to the nation about not practicing quarantine guidelines, the Prime Minister said that the P.G.I.A. will not reopen on August fifteenth. According to the PM, the soft opening of the tourism will have to wait. Still, there is […]
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During the lengthy press conference that concluded around five-thirty, Prime Minister Dean Barrow received an update from American Airlines regarding the government’s decision not to open the P.G.I.A. on August fifteenth. According to the Prime Minister, American Airlines says it will cancel this market longer term in the event the closure extends pass August eighteenth. […]
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So schools and the P.G.I.A. will not reopen as planned due to the COVID-19 crisis. But what measures are being put in place for containment. The Prime Minister says that further consultations will be held to determine what measures will be put in place where the cases of the virus are growing: Prime Minister […]
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During his press conference today, Prime Minister Dean Barrow scolded Belizeans saying that their behaviour is a direct consequence of the rise in cases. Barrow told the nation that the government had failed in terms of public officials facilitating border crossings and assisting in the brisk contraband trade. Prime Minister Dean Barrow “You can’t […]
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The Ministry of Health confirmed today that there is no community spread of the novel coronavirus. It is awaiting results of more than a hundred persons tested for the virus, relating to cases confirmed over the weekend. San Pedro is of particular concern and there is fear on the island that if the tests turn […]
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Up to news time, Belize has recorded a total of fifty-seven COVID-19 cases. Of those cases, twenty-four are active. As you know, nine cases were confirmed over the weekend, with eight of them identified on Saturday making it the highest number of cases reported in a single day for the country. Four of these cases […]
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So, health officials say there is widespread concern. But is there a case of community spread on that island? The Ministry of Health is not ready to call it that just yet; they’ll await further results from that island to make a determination. What we do know is that the ministry has sent two additional […]
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The Ministry of Health also spoke on the cases in Corozal. The three latest cases in the north are from two persons of one family, who entered the country through the repatriation process. They were swabbed and placed under quarantine upon entry, but since that positive case, they have since separated the family to avoid […]
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Moving from Corozal to Orange Walk, two males from that district were among those who tested positive over the weekend. One is a person who entered the country illegally; the other patient is an elderly man from a northern village. It was also noted that the patient had participated at a meeting at the Santa […]
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Back to San Pedro….there is no community spread of the virus, but a number of persons are being tested. As you heard, a female police officer from Corozal is hospitalized with COVID-19. Her history shows that she was in San Pedro for a court case and she had attended a church service. Now, police officers […]
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