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The number of active COVID-19 cases has surpassed the two thousand mark. And while the symptoms may be milder, the disease is still highly transmissible. During an interview with Director of Public Health and Wellness, Doctor Melissa Diaz-Musa, reporters asked whether a mask mandate should be returned. Doctor Diaz-Musa recommends personal responsibility among residents to […]
Written on June 21, 2022 | Posted in
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Dr. Melissa Diaz-Musa, Director of Public Health and Wellness, M.O.H.W. “There’s definitively continued transmission in Belize of COVID-19. The numbers continue to go up as is expected with especially a variant like omicron which we know is extremely more transmissible than the original variant. And of course, we don’t have a lot of public health […]
Written on June 20, 2022 | Posted in
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The rollout of pediatric Pfizer vaccinations continues across the country, as healthcare professionals headed to schools to administer at least the first jab to children five to eleven years old. The vaccine is not mandatory, and while there is some hesitancy at all levels of COVID vaccinations, sixty-nine point eight percent of the target population […]
Written on June 20, 2022 | Posted in
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For Tessa Myvett to be flown to the United States by air ambulance, she needs to raise seven thousand U.S. dollars. That doesn’t include the cost of the surgery and therapy. According to Principal Ali, the school has made a donation but they are still in need of financial assistance from the public. Sherry […]
Written on June 17, 2022 | Posted in
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This week’s On the Bright Side with Sabreena Daly highlights a non-governmental organization that is offering amputees who are getting another lease on life through the use of prosthetic limbs. Sabreena Daly, Reporting Meet Lloyd Graham. He lost his leg six years ago when a trailer fell on top of him. Recounting the incident, […]
Written on June 17, 2022 | Posted in
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Earlier today, a cohort of caregivers for elderly persons graduated from a seventeen-week course to build their capacity as service providers to a most vulnerable population. The National Council of Ageing, in collaboration with the University of the West Indies Open Campus, offered the Certification Course in Care of Older Persons. At the Biltmore Plaza […]
Written on June 16, 2022 | Posted in
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For the past two weeks, the Ministry of Health and Wellness in collaboration with the Ministry of Education has had health personnel visit primary schools across the country to administer COVID pediatric vaccines to children ages five to eleven. Those young students had to produce a consent form from their parents for them to get […]
Written on June 10, 2022 | Posted in
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News Five also spoke with Health Minister Kevin Bernard who provided an update on the rollout of pediatric vaccines across the country. He also spoke briefly on the gradual decline in the number of adults who have been showing up at vaccination sites to get inoculated against COVID-19. On the phone: Kevin Bernard, Minister […]
Written on June 10, 2022 | Posted in
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The Ministry of Health and Wellness has received three GeneXpert machines along with viral load kits, laptops and other digital equipment from the National Health Insurance. At a ceremony held earlier today, Minister of Health and Wellness, Kevin Bernard said the donation comes through the partnership of the ministry, the National Health Insurance and the […]
Written on June 6, 2022 | Posted in
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The new GeneXpert machine, with a four-cartridge model capacity, can be used to diagnose various types of viral and bacterial infectious diseases, and according to General Manager of the National Health Insurance, Doctor Ramon Figueroa, the grant from the Global Fund began a process of assessments and discussions, but the major challenge still lies ahead– […]
Written on June 6, 2022 | Posted in
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At the opening of today’s Sitting of the House of Representatives, Opposition Leader Shyne Barrow asked the Minister of Health and Wellness to give details of the National Health Insurance agreement between the Government of Belize and Northern Medical Specialty Plaza. In his question, Barrow contended that the Chairman of N.H.I., Doctor Marco Tulio Mendez, […]
Written on June 3, 2022 | Posted in
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Now, the Opposition has a member of the National Health Insurance Board in former Minister of State in the Ministry of Health Angel Campos. And, according to Minister Bernard, Campos did not raise any objections to the agreement at the board level. Well, the Leader of the Opposition accuses Minister Bernard of misspeaking. Here is […]
Written on June 3, 2022 | Posted in
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The term cancer once referred to a sickness that you rarely heard about. Now, it’s hard not to know someone who has battled the disease or who has lost a loved one to this deadly illness. Tonight, Sabreena Daly takes a look at cancer, the fighters, big and small and the ones behind the scenes […]
Written on June 3, 2022 | Posted in
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The sharp increase in the number of active COVID cases is cause for concern to many. The daily infectivity rate is the highest it has been in several months. But what is the Briceño administration prepared to do to address the spike in new infections, given the fact that many of the regulations that were […]
Written on June 2, 2022 | Posted in
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Since the launch of the new vaccine for children ages five to eleven on Monday, there has been no report of any child having adverse reactions. In fact, from all indications so far, the vaccine has been widely welcomed. Over at Saint Joseph’s R.C. Primary School in Cotton Tree Village, the situation is no different, […]
Written on June 2, 2022 | Posted in
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Ochaeta-Serrut says that since the Pesticide Control Board was formed back in 1988, there have been several incidents of children ingesting pesticide, which she says is totally inexcusable. She explains the possible effects of the poison and says that there is an antidote in the public health system. Miriam Ochaeta-Serrut, Registrar of Pesticides, Pesticide […]
Written on June 1, 2022 | Posted in
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A national campaign by the Ministry of Health and Wellness, as well as the Ministry of Education, to vaccinate as many children between five and eleven years old is underway. The effort coincides with a recent delivery of over a hundred thousand Pfizer doses. Personnel have been assigned to various districts and teams are hitting […]
Written on May 31, 2022 | Posted in
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New cases of COVID-19 continue to increase daily, with the positivity rate now above ten percent. Today, the Ministry of Health and Wellness announced a total of one hundred and twenty-two new cases, bringing the total number of active cases to one thousand, one hundred and fifty-four. Fortunately, ninety-six recoveries were recorded with no new […]
Written on May 31, 2022 | Posted in
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The Ministry of Health and Wellness has received a procurement of over a hundred thousand doses of the Pfizer pediatric vaccines. The donation was made possible through a partnership between the Foreign Affairs Ministry and the Republic of Slovakia. Altogether, exactly a hundred and twenty-four thousand doses were handed over to the Ministry of Health […]
Written on May 31, 2022 | Posted in
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Children have been the only category of Belizeans that before now have not had immunizations against COVID-19 but, as C.E.O. in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Doctor Julio Sabido, said, this procurement now makes all of our people protected . Dr. Julio Sabido, CEO, Ministry of Health and Wellness “The procurement of COVID-19 vaccines […]
Written on May 31, 2022 | Posted in
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Monkey Pox – it was first discovered in 1958 when two outbreaks of a pox-like disease occurred in colonies of monkeys kept for research. Then the first human case of monkey pox was detected in 1970 in the Democratic Republic of Congo. And it’s in the human population again, most recently detected in Mexico. But the […]
Written on May 30, 2022 | Posted in
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But what should you be looking for if you’re not sure that you might be infected with monkey pox? Hidalgo says the symptoms are varied but quite pronounced and they can be very painful as well. Dr Jorge Hidalgo “They start to exhibit those types of symptoms – fever, muscle ache, associated with a […]
Written on May 30, 2022 | Posted in
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As we reported on Thursday, Belize has been classified as a “high” risk category destination for travelers by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The classification for Belize came along with five other countries to Level Three or high risk for Covid-19. The “Level Three Covid-19 High” category applies to countries that […]
Written on May 27, 2022 | Posted in
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Castaneda says that despite the “high risk” classification that Belize has received, it has not and hopefully will not negatively impact our tourism arrivals. Abil Castaneda, Director of Cruise, Quality Management and Capacity Development “The reality is that up to today we have not really received any sort of negative impact from our industry […]
Written on May 27, 2022 | Posted in
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In less than twenty-four hours, the Ministry of Health and Wellness will be receiving one hundred and twenty-four thousand, eight hundred doses of Pfizer vaccine approved for children ages five to eleven. Those vaccines, with the assistance of the Ministry of Education, will be administered in schools to the students who fall within that age […]
Written on May 27, 2022 | Posted in
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