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Prime Minister John Briceño remains in self-isolation at his Orange Walk home tonight. PM Briceño tested positive for COVID-19 on November twenty-third and has since been working from home. Over the weekend, Briceño released a three-minute video statement in which he provides an update on his condition and asked that the public adhere to the […]
Written on November 30, 2020 | Posted in
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Earlier in the newscast, you heard Commissioner of Police Chester Williams say that some three hundred police officers are off duty as a result of COVID-19. Well, some of those officers include those who were tested with the rapid tests. Today, ComPol Williams told the media that the rapid tests are being made available to […]
Written on November 30, 2020 | Posted in
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The COVID-19 figures continue on the rise across the country. More than five thousand cases have been confirmed positive, with more than two thousand, three hundred active cases scattered across the country. Almost every day the Ministry of Health and Wellness records at least two COVID-19 related deaths and the death toll keeps rising. The […]
Written on November 27, 2020 | Posted in
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The Briceño Administration, fourteen days after taking office, has unveiled its strategy to control the further spread of COVID-19 in the country. The way forward includes a curfew which commences on Saturday. It will be from nine p.m. to five a.m. for an initial period of twenty-one days. What the new plan of action does […]
Written on November 26, 2020 | Posted in
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The Ministry of Health also plans to hire additional human resources such as nurses, doctors, specialist, health staff, support staff for deployment to all regional and community hospitals. Health and Wellness Minister, Michel Chebat says that one of the key areas his ministry will focus on is the purchase of medical and pharmaceutical supplies such […]
Written on November 26, 2020 | Posted in
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The Ministry of Health and Wellness will immediately implement and scale up the use of rapid testing in all district hospitals for symptomatic patients and close contacts. Minister Chebat says that testing sites outside of the hospital will be established in urban communities. Two mobile swabbing teams for rural communities will be created to better […]
Written on November 26, 2020 | Posted in
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According to Minister Chebat, under former Minister of Health Pablo Marin and Prime Minister Dean Barrow, there was no clear plan to address the COVID-19 pandemic. He says that there was no clear testing strategy, revealing that there is a backlog of more than two thousand samples waiting to be processed at the Central Medical […]
Written on November 26, 2020 | Posted in
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Minister Chebat made the revelations as Director of Health Services, Doctor Marvin Manzanero sat at the head table. Under the Barrow Administration, Doctor Manzanero was the expert leading the charge against COVID-19, but during today’s press briefing, he took a backseat. Doctor Manzanero, however, was asked about Chebat’s description of the former administration’s COVID-19 response. […]
Written on November 26, 2020 | Posted in
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On Wednesday night, the Belize Medical and Dental Association met to discuss the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects on the healthcare system, in public and private facilities across the country. The situation is grave as the number of cases that require hospitalization and urgent medical attention is overwhelming the system. Doctor Fernando […]
Written on November 26, 2020 | Posted in
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With the healthcare system stretched to capacity, there is a real fear that with not enough spaces to accommodate COVID-19 victims, the mortality rate will continue to climb and deaths will be recorded outside of the facilities where people will be waiting to seek medical attention. Dr. Fernando Cuellar, Internist, Belize Medical Associates “There’s […]
Written on November 26, 2020 | Posted in
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The Ministry of Health and Wellness recorded two more COVID-related deaths today. A male from the Toledo District and a female from the Orange Walk District lost their battle with the deadly virus. An additional ninety-two COVID-19 cases were also identified, bringing the total of confirmed cases to five thousand, five hundred and fifteen and […]
Written on November 26, 2020 | Posted in
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The Ministry of Health and Wellness will be embarking on rapid testing in different parts of the country. One frontline unit that’s going to benefit from those tests is the Belize Police Department. As we’ve reported, Commissioner of Police Chester Williams has voiced his concerns about getting tests for his officers who are on the […]
Written on November 26, 2020 | Posted in
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Another matter that the Commissioner of Police also spoke about is the control of COVID-19 in holding cells. ComPol Williams told the press that while the cell blocks were seen as crowded spaces in the past, they have put in a few controls to prevent the spread of the virus. Williams noted that despite these […]
Written on November 26, 2020 | Posted in
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Earlier this week, Commissioner of Police Chester Williams gave the order for over a dozen contraband canoes to be returned to the villagers of Santa Cruz in Orange Walk. The canoes were confiscated a few months ago with the objective to reduce border-jumping in the area. Returning the canoes to the villagers has caused many […]
Written on November 26, 2020 | Posted in
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This morning, the new Minister of the Blue Economy and Civil Aviation gave his maiden address at a handing over event where the Taiwanese Ambassador presented several pieces of equipment to the Fisheries Department. It is part of a regional initiative called INCAVPESCA and the focus of the effort today is the fight against COVID-19 […]
Written on November 26, 2020 | Posted in
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Tonight, there are over two thousand, three hundred Belizeans battling COVID-19. Most of those persons are quarantined at home. Some have no symptoms and others experience mild or moderate symptoms. Tonight in Healthy Living, we bring you the story of one of those persons, a well-known face and voice to many Belizeans. Marleni Cuellar, […]
Written on November 26, 2020 | Posted in
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There are five more COVID-19 deaths to report tonight. The victims are four males and one female between the ages of fifty-three and ninety-one years. The Corozal District recorded three of the deaths and the Stann Creek District recorded two. A total of two hundred and forty one samples were processed with eighty-six new cases […]
Written on November 25, 2020 | Posted in
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Ambergris Caye has registered one thousand and eighteen cases of COVID-19. Three hundred and forty-two of those cases remain active. There are concerns growing that a surge in cases is being experienced on the island. In a now deleted Facebook post, the medical officer surveillance focal point on Ambergris Caye Doctor Javier Canul expressed worries […]
Written on November 25, 2020 | Posted in
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Cayo West Area Representative Jorge “Milin” Espat remains hospitalized after he was diagnosed with COVID-19. He says that the prognosis is good. Meanwhile, Toledo East Area Representative, Mike Espat is said to be doing much better. Meanwhile, Prime Minister John Briceño continues to battle with the virus. We are told he is asymptomatic while his […]
Written on November 25, 2020 | Posted in
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Turning to the health of Prime Minister John Briceño….Today, he thanked all those persons who have wished him a speedy recovery; the PM contacted the coronavirus and tested positive on Monday and is in isolation at this Orange Walk home. In a post on his Facebook, Briceño says that so far he is feeling fine […]
Written on November 24, 2020 | Posted in
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Belize’s COVID-19 death toll is at a staggering one hundred and twenty. On Monday night, the Ministry of Health announced that four more persons had succumbed to the virus. These latest fatalities are all from the Corozal District. They are three men and one woman between the ages of forty-three to seventy-two. The latest infographic […]
Written on November 24, 2020 | Posted in
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The coronavirus has reached the top levels of government. The Office of the Prime Minister has confirmed that PM John Briceño has tested positive for COVID-19. Briceño was swabbed today in Belize City and the results came back positive; he is asymptomatic. Since taking office, the PM has been moving around establishing his government and […]
Written on November 23, 2020 | Posted in
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Over the past three days, fourteen persons were reported to have died due to COVID-19, including well-known Ian Mariano, a former educator and sports enthusiast who was involved in the Belize District Basketball Association executive. Mariano was also a sports commentator for radio. On Friday, five deaths were reported: three elderly males from Corozal, one […]
Written on November 23, 2020 | Posted in
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The death toll related to the COVID-19 pandemic continues to go up with two additional casualties being reported on November nineteenth. Both persons are elderly, a man in his eighties from the village of Santa Cruz, Orange Walk and a woman in her seventies from Duck Run community. The octogenarian had been feeling ill while […]
Written on November 20, 2020 | Posted in
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That briefing was with senior officials, including Commissioner of Police Chester Williams, Central Bank Governor Joy Grant and Financial Secretary Joseph Waight. Another big challenge facing the government is the COVID-19 pandemic. PM Briceño says after meeting with Director of Health Services, Doctor Marvin Manzanero, it was realised that the previous administration had no real […]
Written on November 18, 2020 | Posted in
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