Turning to the latest number in the coronavirus pandemic….Ten new COVID-19 infections were confirmed late this evening from a batch of seventy-eight samples. The new cases drive the number of infections to an all time high of three hundred and sixty-six cases, of which three hundred and thirty two are active. This places Belize among […]
And while those are ten new cases this afternoon, on Thursday night sixty more positive tests were confirmed. A majority of the cases are recorded in the Orange Walk, Corozal and Belize District – with the cases concentrated in Belize City. Doctor Marvin Manzanero says that in this batch there are links to previous case. […]
And while the cases have been concentrated largely in the north and the city, including San Pedro, these latest stats show that the virus is spreading across the country – with numbers trickling in for small communities. Tonight, the south remains with the least number of cases – with Toledo recording only one case and […]
Among the positive COVID-19 cases are sixteen healthcare workers. The number, according to Doctor Marvin Manzanero, is a growing cause for concern. The results over the past twenty-four hours include two more K.H.M.H. personnel, one nurse and another member of staff. Here’s more from DHS Manzanero on the healthcare workers who have tested positive for […]
Tonight several COVID-19 patients are hospitalized across the country. Three persons are in the I.C.U. at the K.H.M.H.; three of whom are intubated, but only one has a positive COVID-19 result, while the two others who are highly suspected COVID cases are awaiting their results. The number includes a mom who recently delivered a baby. […]
Tourism Minister and area representative for Belize Rural South, Manuel Heredia Junior is coming under fire tonight. Videos and pictures of him and his family show them on their veranda in San Pedro, the epicentre of the virus, literally handing down “assistance” to residents using a string. The video and pictures have sparked outrage as […]
At the top of the newscast, we told you about the latest COVID-19 related death recorded earlier this afternoon. This latest death marks Belize’s third COVID-19 death. During today’s Ask the Experts, viewers asked Doctor Marvin Manzanero about the low death toll. Here’s what he had to say. Dr. Marvin Manzanero, Director of Health […]
Tonight, there are one hundred and twenty-seven cases of COVID-19 on the island of San Pedro, Ambergris Caye. And going two weeks, the Ministry of Health has been mapping the cases to identify cases. In their tracing exercise, the Epidemiology Unit believes they have come closer to identifying how the virus made its way onto […]
Another COVID-19 patient is sharing her status so that those who may have come in contact with her are aware. Twenty-five-year-old Gabriella Chable of Orange Walk Town says that when she found out a close friend of hers tested positive, she immediately isolated herself and went to request a test. When she eventually got that […]
And while Chable is facing discrimination from the public, she says that she is disappointed to learn about how a friend was treated at the Northern Regional Hospital. Her friend alleges that nurses didn’t want to treat her and that experience, according to Chable, has left her worried. Gabriella Chable, COVID-19 patient, O.W “This […]
A photograph has been circulating on social media; it is allegedly that of a doctor, who earlier this week tested positive for COVID-19. Now, according to the allegation, the doctor was captured on surveillance camera at one-thirty today and he was out in public. If so it is cause for alarm, but we have not […]
The coronavirus continues to spread at an alarming rate. The highest number of new cases was recorded on Wednesday night at a whopping eighty-six, which show that the uncontrollable virus is jumping into villages in the north and south as it maintains a foothold in San Pedro where the largest number of cases is registered. […]
The virus is proving hard to control and the list of patients is getting longer and longer with every passing day. On Wednesday, the Belize Coast Guard registered its first case of the coronavirus and by Wednesday night, it had spread to the B.D.F. A soldier tested positive among the samples of the day. Contact […]
This is the first B.D.F. solider to test positive for the novel coronavirus; there are twenty-five others in quarantine. Commander Brigadier General Steven Ortega says that despite this documented case of COVID-19, the Belize Defense Force will continue the implementation and enforcement of administrative measures. These measures, he says, includes quarantine, isolation and source control […]
Over a dozen healthcare workers have contracted COVID-19; in the most recent results, at least four health staff tested positive: two nurses, a lab technician and an x-ray technician. At the K.H.M.H., a doctor tested positive among samples on Wednesday. Tonight, the hospital is in emergency mode and there is a lingering fear that the […]
San Pedro is exploding with COVID-19 cases; there is a total of one hundred and thirty-two cases. This afternoon, one of the brave frontline officers, who has tested positive, appeared on Facebook to show that there is nothing to hide or be embarrassed about since the virus does not discriminate. The frontline officer is in […]
Over in Caye Caulker, the numbers are beginning to edge up. Like in San Pedro and other parts of the country, infected persons are coming forward to reveal their status. These decisions are generally viewed as positive and brave. However, there are many more patients who have decided to keep their status under wraps due […]
Jimenez says that her recent travel history includes San Pedro, Orange Walk and Belmopan. She says that she has no idea how or when she became infected. Celina Jimenez, COVID-19 Patient “I had a feeling…I was having symptoms because from the minutes requested to be tested that was on Saturday, they tested me. The […]
Another police officer tested positive for COVID-19 earlier today, joining a growing list of policemen to come down with the dreaded disease. Earlier, you heard one of the officers making a desperate plea to his colleagues. ComPol Williams has given all assurances that infected officers are being taken care of by the department. The commissioner […]
The Western Regional Hospital has been preparing for the spread of the deadly coronavirus. Three extra units have been added to accommodate a total of nineteen beds for patients of the coronavirus. A walk-through of the new COVID wing shows the improvements to the facility, which starts with a flu clinic. But still, there is […]
Also at the Western Regional Hospital, a refresher course is ongoing for medical staff on the use of the critical equipment used on persons who have difficulty breathing on their own after contracting the corona virus. Respiratory complications are among the severe conditions of the COVID-19 disease. Doctor Javier Zuniga explains the importance of the […]
You’ve heard these terms being mentioned numerous times in government press conferences and COVID-19 updates – contact tracing, close contacts and casual contacts. But how does contact tracing work? What’s the difference between a casual contact and a close contact and how does the ministry determine who will be tested? We get some answers in […]
There are a staggering forty-four new COVID-19 cases to report tonight; those are from samples processed today and separate from the thirty-three positive cases released on Tuesday night. That means that there were seventy-seven new cases of the virus in less than twenty-four hours. These new figures drive the new number way up to two […]
Tonight, there is a fear and concern among healthcare workers at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital after one of their doctors tested positive for COVID-19. The concern at the hospital is that before he was tested he had contact with colleagues and patients. According to a memo from the K.H.M.H. C.E.O., the doctor didn’t contract […]
And now we get an update on that hospitalized person who was transferred from Belmopan to Belize City at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. The patient is an elderly woman and is in respiratory distress. At this time, her situation is described as a critical as she requires ventilation support. Doctor Marvin Manzanero tells us […]
