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The court’s virtual opening is a testament to the changing work environments due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Since December twentieth, the country has been under stricter movement regulations to reduce the virus’ spread. But is it working? Over the extended weekend up to today, the Ministry of Health and Wellness recorded one hundred and thirty-six […]
Written on January 18, 2021 | Posted in
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A new statutory instrument, S.I. number two of 2021, came into effect on January fourteenth. This S.I. addresses the importation of COVID-19 tests into the country. The Ministry of Health and Wellness now has the sole responsibility to approve the importation of COVID tests. It also gives the ministry the sole authority to approve any […]
Written on January 18, 2021 | Posted in
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From concerns about new travel regulations to the growing concerns about the highly infectious new strain of the novel coronavirus, first detected in the UK last September. Experts say the new strain can become more common simply by being in the right place at the right time. The new strain has been recorded in fifty […]
Written on January 14, 2021 | Posted in
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As we reported on Tuesday, in two weeks, after almost a year of dormancy, the Corozal Free Zone will reopen for business. Viewers will recall that in the first quarter of 2020, the Zone was closed to prevent the re-introduction of COVID-19 through the northern border, and all its economic activity came to a screeching […]
Written on January 14, 2021 | Posted in
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UNICEF handed over to the Ministries of Human Development and Health and Wellness P.P.E. supplies to support the national response to COVID-19. On Wednesday, two containers filled with synthetic blankets, N95 masks, face shields and other supplies were offloaded with assistance from the Belize Defense Force for distribution today. News Five spoke with UNICEF’s Monitoring […]
Written on January 14, 2021 | Posted in
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The psychological effects of the novel coronavirus are not limited to a victim, but can be experienced by an entire household and the population on a whole. Whether it has affected your income or your ability to socialize, COVID-19 indirectly and, for many, directly can affect with your mental health. News Five’s Duane Moody looks […]
Written on January 14, 2021 | Posted in
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A new health clinic opened its doors in the West on Wednesday. It will offer a much-needed service to a very high-risk population and relieve them of risky inter-district travel. Tonight in Healthy Living, we take a look at the opening of the Ramona Linda Dialysis Clinic in San Ignacio, Cayo. Marleni Cuellar, Reporting […]
Written on January 14, 2021 | Posted in
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2020 was a dreadful year for many, and we are all happy to leave that year in the past. But not everything was bad. Some good news from last year is that the number of dengue cases saw a significant decline compared to 2019. One thousand one hundred and sixty-three cases were recorded instead of […]
Written on January 12, 2021 | Posted in
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Another frontline healthcare worker has lost the battle with COVID-19. He is a well-known Doctor Baldomino Barboza, who was originally from Libertad Village in Corozal. Today, the Ministry of Health and Wellness expressed condolences to the family and friends and the community in Orange Walk, with whom Doctor Barboza worked. Late last year, Doctor Barboza […]
Written on January 11, 2021 | Posted in
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On December twenty-fourth, we showed you the touching video of Ingrid Vega, wife of late David ‘Dido’ Vega, as she left the Belize Healthcare Partners Limited following her battle with COVID-19. Ingrid Vega was hospitalized for thirteen days, half of which she spent on a ventilator. She was sent home on oxygen, and she has […]
Written on January 11, 2021 | Posted in
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Ingrid Vega was intubated on December twelfth, one day after her husband, newly elected area representative of Corozal Bay David ‘Dido’ Vega, died. Forty-seven-year-old Dido was intubated about a week before he died from COVID-19 complications. It was a tough time for the Vega family and one that Ingrid has still not come to terms […]
Written on January 11, 2021 | Posted in
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A teenager in Succotz needs your help to seek medical attention in Guatemala. Thirteen-year-old Kendra Avalos was diagnosed with stage four kidney cancer a few years ago. In 2015 she had one of her kidneys removed. But as a part of her recovery, she needs a regular medical check-up, and according to the teen’s mom […]
Written on January 8, 2021 | Posted in
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And this unfortunate update, earlier this week, told you about the Quan’s family appeal for blood donors. Orlando Quan Senior was hospitalized with severe COVID-19 and needed blood transfusions and platelets for treatment. Sadly, despite the medical team’s support and generous blood donors, Quan Senior succumbed to the disease on Thursday night.
Written on January 8, 2021 | Posted in
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Sixty-one thousand, five hundred and eleven COVID-19 tests have been conducted as of today. Eleven thousand, one hundred and fifty-two cases have been confirmed with two hundred and sixty-seven deaths, this includes the additional seven deaths which were reported today. Five hundred and forty-one cases remain active. The Ministry of Health and Wellness has ramped […]
Written on January 7, 2021 | Posted in
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For many of us, we are happy to put behind us the memories of 2020. But the year of the onset of the global pandemic wasn’t all bad for everyone. Tonight, we’ll share one young man’s inspirational journey of transformation. Here’s more in tonight’s Healthy Living. Marleni Cuellar, Reporting It started with the scare […]
Written on January 7, 2021 | Posted in
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The COVID-19 outbreak at the Palm View Center has been contained. The Ministry of Health and Wellness confirmed on Tuesday that twenty-one residents and seven staff tested positive for the deadly virus. But according to acting Director of Health Services Doctor Melissa Diaz, the index patient has not been identified. She says that none of […]
Written on January 6, 2021 | Posted in
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On Tuesday, the country recorded eighty-one new COVID-19 cases, putting the total to eleven thousand and eighteen confirmed cases. Out of that number, five hundred and thirty cases remain active. Two hundred and fifty-eight deaths have been reported, and at the moment, twenty-two patients are hospitalized. The overall positivity rate is now at twenty-one point […]
Written on January 6, 2021 | Posted in
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The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Orange Walk and Corozal districts has been decreasing. The spread of the virus is slowly controlled. Travel to and within these two districts remain restricted, and it seems that it has helped in controlling the spread of the virus. But the same cannot be said for the […]
Written on January 6, 2021 | Posted in
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Orange Walk North Area Representative Ramon “Monchi” Cervantes is the sixth P.U.P. area rep to tests positive for COVID-19. The Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade, and Immigration revealed the news in his New Year’s message on Facebook last Thursday. In his statement, he said, “I ask you all to […]
Written on January 6, 2021 | Posted in
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While Cervantes is quarantining and expected to recover, the situation is not so fortunate for a Belize City businessman. Orlando Quan Senior is intubated at a private medical facility in Belize City. Quan Senior is among those severe cases for which a blood transfusion is needed and treatment by convalescent plasma and platelets. His family’s […]
Written on January 6, 2021 | Posted in
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There is a COVID-19 outbreak at the Palm View Center in the Capital. Late this evening, the Ministry of Health and Wellness issued a release confirming the unfortunate situation at the residential care facility in Belmopan. The mental health facility has twenty-seven residents of which twenty-one tested positive for the novel coronavirus on Monday. Seven […]
Written on January 5, 2021 | Posted in
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The country has recorded ten thousand, nine hundred and thirty-eight cases of COVID-19. With more than ten thousand recovered patients, five hundred and eighty-seven remain active. The Corozal and Orange Walk districts continue to record the most number of new cases daily. This led to the Ministry of Health and Wellness restricting travel to and […]
Written on January 5, 2021 | Posted in
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The Pan American Health Organization, PAHO, has donated ninety-four thousand, nine hundred and seventy-five antigen tests with antigen controls and rapid diagnostic test analyzers. This is to increase the lab capacity efforts for COVID-19 testing in Belize. A release from PAHO earlier today states, “the importance of timely and accurate testing is crucial to the […]
Written on January 5, 2021 | Posted in
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Six additional COVID-19 deaths were recorded on the final day of 2020 and over the weekend two additional deaths were also reported. Seven new COVID-19 deaths were reported today, bringing the total of COVID-19 deaths to two hundred and fifty-seven. The Ministry of Health and Wellness says that although seven deaths are being reported today, […]
Written on January 4, 2021 | Posted in
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The first baby of 2021 was delivered at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital in Belize City. Weighing in at nine pounds four ounces, baby Bryce was born to thirty-year-old Joycelin Moguel. Baby Bryce was born at one-twenty-five in the morning. The birth of Bryce on January first would ordinarily be followed by a brief ceremony […]
Written on January 4, 2021 | Posted in
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