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Coming close on the heels of the COVID cluster from two public health facilities in the Cayo District last Friday, another cluster has been detected in Caye Caulker. Today, the Caye Caulker Village Council put up a Facebook post in which it informed that twenty-one cases had surfaced in that community and that Coast Guard […]
Written on August 23, 2021 | Posted in
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The virus moves when you move, so there is need to reduce movement and keep wearing your masks. Now, the healthcare system is already strained because the team is dealing with the outbreak as well as the vaccination efforts, so the public needs to adhere to restrictions. Doctor Melissa Diaz-Musa, the Deputy Regional Health Manager […]
Written on August 23, 2021 | Posted in
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Well-known internist, Doctor Fernando Cuellar has been hospitalized after testing positive for COVID-19. On Saturday, he began feeling congested with a headache and low-grade fever. One day later, he experienced excessive weakness. This morning, his oxygen saturation fell and so Doctor Cuellar checked himself into the hospital. A CT scan showed bilateral pneumonia and so […]
Written on August 23, 2021 | Posted in
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And while we have another COVID cluster detected in Caye Caulker, the nurses at the Central Health Region’s lab remain on regular hours as they feel they deserve to be paid the overtime for hours they worked for the past three months. President of the Belize Nurses’ Association, Darrell Spencer told News Five this evening […]
Written on August 23, 2021 | Posted in
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Health personnel who work at several departments at the San Ignacio Community Hospital are in isolation after they tested positive for COVID-19 this week. There is a possibility that the number could rise because of the nature of their work and the persons they may have interacted with before the detection was made. Four of […]
Written on August 20, 2021 | Posted in
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Interestingly, the cluster at the San Ignacio and Benque Viejo health facilities happened around the same time that neighbouring Guatemala had reported a collapse of its health system due to the rise in COVID cases. Today, that country reported the presence of the deadly lambda variant as well. We asked Doctor Morey if he believes […]
Written on August 20, 2021 | Posted in
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“Unfair, inconsiderate and simply distasteful” – strong words used by the Central Medical Laboratory in a letter sent today to the Ministry of Health and Wellness on the way overtime is being calculated. On Thursday, a meeting was held with Central Lab employees on payment of overtime. The new proposed structure was reportedly presented by […]
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New COVID-19 regulations will be coming into effect at midnight on Sunday. An official statutory instrument is yet to be released, but today, we learned from the Prime Minister some of what those new regulations will entail. PM Briceño says several of the new regulations will affect the Belize District exclusively. And, if the numbers […]
Written on August 20, 2021 | Posted in
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The Ministry of Health and Wellness broke ground on the island of Caye Caulker for a one-point-four million-dollar health centre. The long-anticipated health centre will be equipped will the full amenities of a pharmacy, triage room, treatment room, fifteen beds and other features. A health centre on the island will alleviate the challenges that the […]
Written on August 20, 2021 | Posted in
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Earlier today, word spread like wildfire that the national referral hospital was at and above capacity for critical patients. The information being posted on social media was that all intensive care units were full; that the COVID units overflowed and that the surgical ward was full and overflowing to the medical ward. There was also […]
Written on August 19, 2021 | Posted in
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The number of COVID-19 cases now stands at over eight hundred as the positive cases are being identified across the country. The Belize District alone is responsible for almost half of that number. Today, News Five spoke with Deputy Regional Health Manager of the Central Health Region, Doctor Melissa Diaz-Musa about the COVID-19 spread. […]
Written on August 19, 2021 | Posted in
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While it has been confirmed that there are multiple COVID-19 variants in Belize, the delta is sixty percent more transmissible. There is significant spread among households and at workplaces. Doctor Melissa Diaz-Musa says that there is a range of symptoms that residents should make note of. Dr. Melissa Diaz-Musa, Deputy Regional Health Manager, Central […]
Written on August 19, 2021 | Posted in
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On Wednesday, Belize received one hundred and eleven thousand one hundred and fifty doses of Pfizer vaccine courtesy of the U.S. Government. Plans are already in place for administering it to children from ages twelve to seventeen. In the Belize District, there are sixty primary schools and eighteen high schools, and consent forms are being […]
Written on August 19, 2021 | Posted in
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In Orange Walk, Muffles College students will be among the first to be vaccinated with the Pfizer vaccine during a vaccination drive for their students on Monday. News Five spoke to Vice-Principal Maria Urbina about the effort to get their students back into the classrooms. Maria Urbina, Vice Principal, Muffles College “We are working […]
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Vaccinations for minors from ages twelve to seventeen are to commence on Monday. Parents accompanying their children to the various vaccinations centers across the country will have to submit a consent form in order for their kids to get their COVID jabs. According to Chief Executive Officer Dian Maheia, a schedule will be released so […]
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Today, it was officially announced that ground will be broken for the construction of a polyclinic on the island of Caye Caulker. Prime Minister John Briceño, Health and Wellness Minister Michel Chebat and Belize Rural South area rep Andre Perez will be in attendance on Friday for the event. It is an exciting moment for […]
Written on August 19, 2021 | Posted in
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Because so many people have seen major changes in their lives due to the COVID-19 pandemic, tonight News Five launches a new series, COVID Chronicles. In our first installment, we feature a man who was at the forefront of the COVID fight when the pandemic first began to affect Belize. Doctor Marvin Manzanero, a quiet […]
Written on August 19, 2021 | Posted in
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Today, the Government of Belize received a batch of one hundred and eleven thousand one hundred and fifty doses of Pfizer vaccine courtesy of the U.S. Government. It is part of President Joe Biden’s pledge to support efforts to mitigate the COVID-19 pandemic. News Five’s Duane Moody reports. Duane Moody, Reporting It was delayed […]
Written on August 18, 2021 | Posted in
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Over the weekend, on the advice of the Ministry of Health and Wellness, a decision was taken by the Ministry of Education to push back the start date for in-person learning at schools. The change is due to the increasing number of COVID-19 numbers and the new variants identified in the country. With G.O.B. now […]
Written on August 18, 2021 | Posted in
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The rollout of the Pfizer vaccine is set to begin on Monday, August twenty-third. But Minister Chebat says that until the other batches arrive in country, the one hundred and eleven thousand one hundred and fifty doses are reserved for children from ages twelve and older. Michel Chebat, Minister of Health & Wellness “There […]
Written on August 18, 2021 | Posted in
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When the United Democratic Party lost at the polls in November 2020, the Ministry of Education, under the stewardship of former minister Patrick Faber, already had plans to introduce several initiatives for distance learning. According to Faber, the incoming government promptly ditched those arrangements in favor of its own plans. With an increase in COVID-19 […]
Written on August 18, 2021 | Posted in
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An anonymous tip to News Five this morning alleged that up to five nurses who had tested positive for COVID were being instructed by administration at the San Ignacio Community Hospital to remain on the job. However this afternoon, Darrel Spencer of the Nurses Association told News Five it was one nurse, not five, and […]
Written on August 18, 2021 | Posted in
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The international media is reporting that a woman who got COVID during a cruise that stopped in Belize has died on her return to the U.S. The seventy-seven-year-old retired school teacher, Marilyn Tackett, was travelling with her family on the Carnival Vista and began feeling unwell after a day in Roatan, Honduras. A fully vaccinated […]
Written on August 18, 2021 | Posted in
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News Five also spoke with Principal Public Health Inspector at Ministry of Health, John Bodden, who explained the protocols being followed when a tourist requires hospitalization. John Bodden, Principal Public Health Inspector, Ministry of Health & Wellness “In terms of this medical emergency protocol, there is a form that is called Seaport Medical Emergency Referral form […]
Written on August 18, 2021 | Posted in
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Bodden is also Belize’s International Points of Entry Health Regulations officer. He said that in the case of an outbreak of a disease on a ship that docks in Belize, there are set guidelines that must be followed in order to protect people on the ground. He says that the last ship that docked with […]
Written on August 18, 2021 | Posted in
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