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The Hattieville prison is facing a potential crisis as the corona virus spreads behind bars. Prison authorities today announced a lockdown beginning on Tuesday, October thirteenth, as more positive cases of the virus among prisoners and wardens are recorded. Late this evening, five new cases were confirmed among ninety samples, bringing the number to twenty-one […]
Written on October 9, 2020 | Posted in
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The mortality rate of the novel coronavirus for the country is at one point five percent for now. Since the outbreak in Belize, thirty-four persons, twelve women and twenty-two men, have lost the fight against the disease. Earlier this week, there were four recorded in twenty-four hours. Over the course of the last twenty-four hours, […]
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Today, health facilities in the north and the city are stretched with the largest number of persons due to the virus. A total of twenty-three persons are hospitalised, majority of them at the Northern Regional Hospital in Orange Walk and the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital in Belize City. At the K.H.M.H., there are nine persons […]
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Sixty-three new cases of COVID-19 were identified on Thursday from a batch of two hundred and sixty samples. Going into the extended weekend, the new total number of cases has climbed to two thousand three hundred and seventy-three. The breakdown shows eight hundred and eighty active cases of the virus in the country and one […]
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The number of COVID infections will soon hit two thousand four hundred cases and it continues to spike threatening to overwhelm health facilities. The virus has spread behind prison walls and is multiplying among law enforcement. The police has been hit hard, cases increase in the B.D.F. and the force is recording its first death […]
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Commissioner of Police Chester Williams today issued a warning to political parties and campaigners, reminding them of the COVID-19 regulations. Williams says that as political aspirants and their campaigners are moving across communities, some are not wearing their masks and others don’t wear it properly. Williams is calling on all political parties and aspirants to […]
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Still on COVID-19…since we previously spoke with Doctor Marvin Manzanero at the start of week, there have been several private and commercial flights that have touched down at the Philip Goldson International Airport. Majority of the passengers brought negative PCR tests, but of those that were screened using the SD BIOSENSOR Rapid Test, all samples […]
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The sharp increase in cases since the end of last month into October was anticipated given certain private functions and activities that were held during the month of September. The epidemiological team from the Ministry of Health has been looking at data trying to address the rising cases. It is suggested that the country is […]
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There is worrying news tonight that frontline workers, including members of law enforcement, are persons who are among the hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic. The Belize Police Department is reeling from the number of cases within its ranks since COVID-19 began its spread across the country earlier this year. These men and women, a […]
Written on October 8, 2020 | Posted in
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The mounting number of COVID-19 cases within the department has forced a change of officers stationed at various hotspots in the north, particularly in the Orange Walk District where border communities continue to be monitored for illegal crossings. Despite the use of personal protective equipment, ComPol Williams says that officers on the frontline are still […]
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The coronavirus is also spreading at the congested Hattieville prison. Test results show that eight inmates have the virus so far and results for fifty-four samples are pending. It is likely that the spread started from a warden who was on holiday in the north. Today, alarm bells sounded when a prison officer suffering from […]
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Placencia is gearing up to benefit from its first polyclinic. An agreement was signed by the Belize Tourism Board, the Ministry of Health and the Placencia Village Council. The state-of-the-art facility will cost one point six million dollars and include consultation and waiting rooms, reception and registration areas, asthma bay, triage rooms, laboratory and pharmacy. […]
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In a typical October, we would be reporting on awareness and educational activities being held around the situation of breast cancer in Belize. The Belize Cancer Society is still commemorating Breast Cancer Awareness – albeit without the usual mass gathering event. In tonight’s healthy living, we find out that there is still a lot to […]
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On Tuesday night we reported on an alarming four deaths in the Orange Walk District. Those cases put the number of casualties at thirty-four, increasing the death rate to one point five percent. While it is lower than elsewhere in the region, it is still significant. According to Doctor Marvin Manzanero, of the four deaths […]
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The preliminary data for today from the Ministry of Health is that the number of confirmed cases is up by sixty-seven. Three hundred and six samples were processed of which sixty-seven returned positive, taking up the total number of cases for the country to two thousand three hundred and ten. While the distribution of these […]
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There is an alarming increase in positive cases among frontline workers. During today’s Ask the Expert webcast, Director of Health Services, Doctor Marvin Manzanero confirmed that twenty-seven positive cases were detected from a group of sixty B.D.F. soldiers at a camp in Orange Walk. There are also fourteen police officers, three were identified today. Additionally, […]
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A total of seven hundred and seventy-six persons touched down at the P.G.I.A. between October first and fifth. Of those persons, majority of whom were returning Belizeans, one person tested positive via rapid test for COVID-19; that person is in mandatory quarantine at the Ramada Belize City Princess. Doctor Marvin Manzanero spoke about the processing […]
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Where it concerns Belizeans in the diaspora who are eligible to vote, Tamai also says that similarly, they too would be subjected to the same protocols as persons who are in quarantine. While they won’t be able to identify persons who are COVID positive, the same rules apply at all polling stations. Josephine Tamai, […]
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U.D.P. Standard Bearer Tony Herrera is running in the Corozal Southeast constituency, but is presently sick with COVID-19. His wife is also hospitalized after having contracted the disease. So how will this most unfortunate development affect his chances in a constituency that has traditionally remained a P.U.P. stronghold? According to the new party leader, Herrera […]
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Just before news time the new figures on COVID-19 report a record breaking four deaths. The number of deaths has now increased to thirty-four. The four persons died within the last twenty-four hours and include an employee of B.S.I. and three others, all from the Orange Walk District. The total number of confirmed cases now […]
Written on October 6, 2020 | Posted in
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More than two thousand two hundred cases of COVID-19 cases are confirmed and four more deaths have been recorded in the past twenty-four hours in the north and the number of cases continues to rise every day. Many persons have criticized the government’s handling of the pandemic as being reactive and disorganized. The People’s United […]
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Healthy Choices, Healthy People, Healthy Body, Healthy Mind; it’s the theme for mental health awareness during this month. Annually, October tenth is recognised as World Homeless Day and World Mental Health Day, so the Welcome Resource Center and the Mental Health Association will be organizing several events during this month to generate much need funds […]
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According to Administrator Joyce Ellis, over four hundred plus persons are registered with the Welcome Resource Center and access the facility at the corner of Tibruce and Vernon Streets in Belize City. On a daily basis, the men and women who visit the centre are provided with a plate of food and can take care […]
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The COVID-19 related deaths are now at thirty; the weekend victims are from Corozal, Orange Walk and Unitedville, in the west. Kent Smith is the latest to die from the virus; he is a veteran cowboy and long-time fixture at the rodeo shows of the National Agriculture and Trade Show. Smith, according to the Ministry […]
Written on October 5, 2020 | Posted in
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Two other persons also died as a result of the novel coronavirus over the weekend, bringing the total number of deaths to thirty or a mortality rate of one point three seven percent. On Friday, a female from Corozal was rushed to K.H.M.H. in a critical state and died; on Saturday a man in his […]
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