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The government recently announced that private facilities can carry out swabbing for COVID. And according to DHS Manzanero, except for the Central Medical Lab in Belize City, no other lab in the country can carry out PCR testing. So while private medical facilities are allowed to swab suspect COVID-19 patients, the samples must be forwarded […]
Written on October 28, 2020 | Posted in
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Six-year-old Arturo Godoy Junior was laid to rest on Monday evening in his hometown of Orange Walk. Arturo died at the K.H.M.H. on Saturday. He was the first child in Belize to contract the deadly novel coronavirus and to die from the disease. The COVID-19 virus worsened Godoy’s health as he battled kidney disease for […]
Written on October 27, 2020 | Posted in
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Orange Walk is the district with the highest number of cases and its health facilities are under pressure with the number of positive cases. Reports have surfaced that at least one person of the Godoy family has tested positive for COVID-19. Arturo Godoy Senior, however, is saying that the family has not been swabbed for […]
Written on October 27, 2020 | Posted in
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There are nineteen active cases of COVID-19 among inmates at the Belize Central Prison and nine wardens have also tested positive for the disease since the first infection was recorded at the facility. While the most recent figures indicated that there were ten new cases behind prison walls at last test, Chief Executive Officer Virgilio […]
Written on October 27, 2020 | Posted in
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Commissioner of Police Chester Williams today confirmed that one person tested positive for COVID-19 after attending a baby shower in Guinea Grass Village. Twenty-three persons were arrested at that party for participating in a restricted social event. The fear was that COVID cases would increase if large groups congregate and that is exactly what happened […]
Written on October 27, 2020 | Posted in
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The first paediatric patient died due to COVID-19 over the weekend at the K.H.M.H. He is six-year-old Arturo Godoy Junior of Orange Walk Town, who attended the Louisiana Government School and ailed from a kidney condition. The account by the father of his son’s final days is sad and painful. The young child was alone […]
Written on October 26, 2020 | Posted in
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Six-year-old Arturo Godoy Junior was a fighter; he battled a kidney condition that placed him at a higher risk when he contracted the novel coronavirus. Those who knew the young child among family and classmates attest to his good nature and eagerness to learn and live. In his short life, he wrote and recited poetry. […]
Written on October 26, 2020 | Posted in
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In addition to the death of six-year-old Arturo Godoy Junior, a man in his eighties, also from Orange Walk, died due to complications associated with COVID-19. This brings the total number of deaths to fifty, since the virus was first detected in Belize, and the fatality rate to one point five-nine percent. Doctor Marvin Manzanero […]
Written on October 26, 2020 | Posted in
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There are currently, one thousand one hundred and thirty-four active COVID cases as confirmed cases soared pass the three thousand mark over the weekend. Over the past two days, some five hundred and ninety-three samples were processed of which ninety-five returned positive. So, thirty-six point one percent of the total number of confirmed cases remain […]
Written on October 26, 2020 | Posted in
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As cops are on the frontline to shut down illegal gatherings, these encounters with large groups can further expose them to the virus. Currently, the department has been hit hard with close to one hundred and seventy cops off duty as a result of the pandemic. Commissioner of Police Chester Williams says that at the […]
Written on October 26, 2020 | Posted in
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As police arrest and charge civilians for COVID-related violations, what about those cops who may also be breaking the law? Commissioner Chester Williams says that he is taking a hard line when it comes to his officers because they cannot be sending one message and appear to be doing the opposite. These comments come after […]
Written on October 26, 2020 | Posted in
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A staffer at the Belize Postal Service in Belize City has tested positive at a private facility for the novel coronavirus and as a result, eighteen others who came in direct contact with that patient will be swabbed for the virus. These employees are now in self-isolation at home and are not to report to […]
Written on October 26, 2020 | Posted in
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Across the country, police officers are among the many frontline workers who are exposed to COVID-19, even those who are not on active patrol, and more than one hundred and thirty are off duty. At the prosecution branch, an office within the Belize Police Department that works closely with the judiciary, over fifty officers have […]
Written on October 23, 2020 | Posted in
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Turning to the overall COVID numbers…on Thursday night, we reported on the record number of samples processed at the Central Medical Lab – a total of four hundred and thirty-seven tests. As we told you, fifty-eight of those were confirmed to be positive for COVID-19. Tonight, we share a breakdown of that number. Eleven are […]
Written on October 23, 2020 | Posted in
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Nomination Day has come and gone – without much fanfare in most parts and that’s because of COVID-19. And with elections less than two weeks away – it’s left to be seen how that will play out. One would think that it will also be low-key and without mass gatherings. And while the authorities are […]
Written on October 23, 2020 | Posted in
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Director of Health Services Marvin Manzanero also discussed the retesting of COVID-19 positive patients. Doctor Manzanero spoke of one case where one man tested positive at day forty-nine. Here’s how he explains the health officials are moving forward with testing and quarantine. Dr. Marvin Manzanero, Director of Health Services “The determination we made as […]
Written on October 23, 2020 | Posted in
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Doctor Marvin Manzanero has confirmed that there is a back log on processing the COVID-19 samples at the Central Medical Lab. Manzanero shared that the lab was putting in extra hours to catch up with the few hundred samples in backlog. But the Ministry is hopeful that the lab will cut down the time by […]
Written on October 23, 2020 | Posted in
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With the cases mounting every day, there is a welcome donation. The Pan American Health Organization and World Health Organization have donated a patient ventilator and accessories to the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. The use of the ventilator is critical in the treatment of COVID patients with respiratory conditions. The equipment and accessories were handed […]
Written on October 23, 2020 | Posted in
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A six-year-old boy tested positive for COVID-19 and now he is hospitalized at the K.H.M.H. He is the first pediatric case in the hospital as of Wednesday evening. When he appeared on Ask the Experts today, DHS Marvin Manzanero also shared that the little boy is a referral from the Northern Regional Hospital and that […]
Written on October 22, 2020 | Posted in
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Turning to the number of positive cases confirmed today – late this evening on Ask the Experts webcast Dr Marvin Manzanero shared that the latest preliminary cases confirmed were fifty-eight out of a total of four hundred and thirty-seven tests processed. That is a record number for the lab, according to Manzanero. At the start […]
Written on October 22, 2020 | Posted in
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Verdes Football Club has reached the end of the road for its participation in the Scotiabank CONCACAF League Tournament after several of its players and members of the coaching staff tested positive for COVID-19. A total of ten persons have come down with the virus, despite initially testing negative in Cancun prior to departure for […]
Written on October 22, 2020 | Posted in
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According to President Sergio Chuc, of the Football Federation of Belize, the players, as well as the coaching staff of Verdes FC may have contracted the virus in Cancun and the initial results of tests conducted there, may have been false negatives. Belize’s withdrawal due to COVID-19 will not cost the teams any penalties going […]
Written on October 22, 2020 | Posted in
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Belize recorded its forty-sixth COVID-19 death on Wednesday. The victim is an elderly man with underlying conditions from Orange Walk. He was hospitalized for two weeks before he died. Today, DHS Marvin Manzanero provided some details on the latest death and also broke down the age groups of the forty-plus deaths. Dr. Marvin Manzanero, […]
Written on October 22, 2020 | Posted in
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A large number of COVID-19 tests are being conducted in recent weeks and since last week, there has been a delay in the processing of samples at the Belize Central Medical Lab. Doctor Manzanero says that there was a backlog of a few hundred swabs to be processed. He notes that just today alone, they […]
Written on October 22, 2020 | Posted in
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Last Friday, the Prime Minister and the Director of Health Services provided an update on Belize’s preparation to access a COVID-19 vaccine when it becomes available. The DHS, Doctor Marvin Manzanero spoke of a down payment made to the COVAX facility, which would allow access to vaccines when they are created for up to thirty […]
Written on October 22, 2020 | Posted in
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