Travel restrictions across district lines in Orange Walk and Corozal are still in place. Both districts have continued to record an increasing number of COVID-19 cases, with Orange Walk having two thousand, three hundred and twenty-six confirmed cases to date, the second-highest number among the six districts. The two northern districts have also recorded the […]
As we leave behind the dreadful 2020 year, we enter 2021 with a new strain of the COVID-19 virus. The new strain was first reported in the United Kingdom where it has been blamed for a sharp increase in cases. Although scientists say there is no evidence that the new strain is more deadly, the […]
The Ministry of Health and Wellness earlier this month authorized the use of Ivermectin to treat patients suffering from COVID-19. The drug is typically used to treat many types of parasite infestations such as head lice and scabies. Studies have shown that Ivermectin has broad-spectrum anti-viral activity, reducing symptoms, as well as the activity of […]
Belize Healthcare Partners Limited opened its doors in 2008 as a leading medical institution. Like many other medical facilities around the country, B.H.P.L. has adjusted its services for COVID-19 patients. The hospital now boasts its own isolation ward, separate from the main building, which has been in operation for some months now. Doctor Shanna Pott […]
According to Doctor Pott, the hospital has five ventilators, one for each room in the isolation unit which also has dialysis treatment capabilities. Pott says that each patient is allowed to use a tablet for them to keep in touch with their family and friends while they are in the isolation unit. Dr. Shanna […]
Today’s COVID-19 infographic shows that nine thousand six hundred and eighty-nine persons have recovered from the deadly COVID-19 virus. One of those persons is Doctor Marvin Manzanero. He is at home recovering after he contracted the virus in early December. Doctor Manzanero had to be hospitalized after the virus took a toll on his body. […]
An additional COVID-19 death was recorded today. This puts the figure of total COVID-19 deaths to two hundred and forty-two. The case fatality rate stands at two point two six percent, while the positivity rate stands at twenty-one point two percent. Fifty-seven new cases were confirmed today increasing the total number of confirmed cases to […]
One figure that keeps decreasing is the number of active cases. Today’s infographic shows that there are seven hundred and ninety-four active cases. This is a major decrease from the number of active cases recorded just a few days ago when the figure was more than one thousand, five hundred. According to Acting Director of […]
Thirteen persons were recorded among the growing list of casualties of COVID-19 since Friday and over the extended Christmas weekend. Five deaths were reported between Christmas Day and Sunday, along with seventy-one new confirmed cases. Three additional deaths were reported on Monday, along with thirty new confirmed cases. Five new deaths were reported today with […]
It was an emotional moment for the family of Ingrid Vega, who was officially released from Belize Healthcare Partners Limited today. Ingrid is the wife of COVID-19 victim and former Corozal Bay area rep David “Dido” Vega, who died of complications related to the deadly virus on the morning of December eleventh, having been hospitalized […]
Belize has confirmed more than ten thousand COVID-19 cases since the pandemic hit the country. Two hundred and twenty-eight persons have died due to the virus and fortunately, there were no new recorded deaths on Wednesday but two additional deaths recorded today. The curve however has not flattened as more than one thousand, one hundred […]
The Minister of Health and Wellness today officially renamed the Mopan Polyclinic in Benque Viejo Del Carmen after Doctors Kevin and Kenneth Guerra. The twin brothers died within a day of each other after contracting the deadly coronavirus. They both worked in medical facilities in the west at the San Ignacio Community Hospital and in […]
More than two hundred and twenty COVID-19 related deaths have been recorded since the pandemic hit Belize. Belize has confirmed more than ten thousand COVID-19 cases with one thousand, four hundred and eighty-six active cases as of Monday night. Dozens of patients remain hospitalized while the fatality rate stands at two-point two-one percent. In response […]
Health and Wellness Minister Michel Chebat also provided an update on Doctor Marvin Manzanero. Manzanero, who had been hospitalized after contracting COVID-19, is now at home recovering. During his time away, Doctor Melissa Diaz was appointed as acting Director of Health Services, and from what Minister Chebat said, it does not seem like Manzanero will […]
The Ministry of Health and Wellness received six ambulances during a brief ceremony on Monday. The ambulances were donated by the Belize Road Safety Project and come fully equipped. The ambulances were purchased through a loan from the Caribbean Development Bank in2019, under Belize’s Second Road Safety Project. The six fully equipped type-three ambulances were […]
On Sunday, the U.S. Embassy in Belize delivered more than eight thousand pounds of medical equipment to the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. The equipment is worth more than twenty thousand Belize dollars and was donated by the Heineman Medical Outreach, also referred to as H.M.O. The batch of equipment arrived in the country on a […]
Two hundred and sixteen persons were arrested and charged for violating the quarantine regulations. One hundred and twelve persons were arrested for failing to wear a face mask in public. Another thirty-eight persons were arrested because they failed to practice social distancing and thirty-four persons were arrested after they were caught in public during curfew […]
Statutory Instrument one-seventy-five of 2020 came into effect on December twentieth, with restrictions for not only public, but also private transportation, which it says is for the purposes of preventing, controlling, containing and suppressing the spread of the infectious COVID-19. It speaks to the mandatory wearing of face masks during travel in public or private […]
Since the COVID-19 pandemic in Belize, runs to and from San Pedro were stopped temporarily. When the lockdown was lifted for Ambergris Caye, traffic to the island resumed, but it is still not where it used to be. Runs have been cut by half and the company is working on a skeleton staff. While the […]
There are new COVID-19 measures being implemented going into the Christmas holidays, including a nightly curfew that will keep most Belizeans inside their homes at eight o’clock. The announcement of new measures came this morning during a press conference held by the ministries of Health and Wellness and Home Affairs. While an existing ten o’clock […]
From the health perspective, the number of active cases has decreased considerably to a little over one thousand, five hundred infections based on a redefined method by the World Health Organization on determining whether a person is recovered. Minister of Health and Wellness Michel Chebat spoke of rapid testing being conducted across the country. As […]
The new statutory instrument that comes into effect this weekend also applies to restaurants and bars, schools, as well as participation in contact sports. Where schools are concerned, they will remain closed indefinitely. Restaurants, however, are allowed to operate at fifty percent of capacity by reservations only. Kareem Musa, Minister of Home Affairs “Restaurants, […]
The sale of liquor is also being prohibited beyond six p.m. daily and that, too, is indefinite. While alcohol can still be consumed in the privacy of one’s home, you are not allowed to purchase beers, wines or hard liquor beyond six o’clock. Inter-district travel has also been banned in the north for the time […]
Since Monday, Fultec Systems Limited has been giving away free packets containing vervain and lemon grass. The packets are boiled and then you drink it as you would a tea. It is said that the tea helps with several of the symptoms associated with COVID-19 and so today, we found residents taking advantage of the […]
2020 has been anything but traditional, so it’s safe to say that we must reconsider all our usual Christmas traditions as we continue battling the pandemic. So with one week to go before Christmas, ‘tis the season for tough choices and safety planning. In tonight’s Healthy Living, we outline some tips to make your Christmas […]
