The tourism industry is gearing up for the arrival of international visitors to designated properties. In less than a month, the Philip Goldson International Airport will reopen with flights from the U.S.A., where the number of persons affected by the coronavirus continues to break records. In some Caribbean countries, the virus has been spreading with […]
Residents in the Cayo District can breathe a sigh of relief tonight. The COVID-19 case involving a male in his early fifties does not seem to be a community spread. The man had visited the San Ignacio Community Hospital last week after experiencing gastrointestinal symptoms and a loss of sense of taste and smell. It was […]
Two more COVID-19 cases were confirmed on Monday. This brings the total of active cases to eighteen. The tests resulted positive after sixty six more samples were processed, mostly from repatriates who had arrived in the country on Friday, July seventeenth. The two new cases are both males. One person entered the country through the […]
There are also reports that San Felipe Village and Blue Creek will see some relief. The two villages have been on lockdown since July tenth, after a cluster of COVID-19 cases was detected in Blue Creek Village. Residents of San Felipe point out that many factors were not considered when they were placed on lockdown. […]
Last week, we reported that government had decided to cut the National Health Insurance’s Annual Budget as part of cost saving measures. In order to sustain the programme and the operations of Primary Care Providers, past the fifteenth of July, clients have had to pay for services. The cut to N.H.I. was initially a whopping […]
The N.H.I. is not the only health institution that is carrying out cost-saving measures. Hospitals across the country have been asked to tighten up its budget by removing unnecessary costs. The Southern Regional Hospital has made cuts that include the availability of coffee for staff and the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital has also been reducing […]
Last week, a video made its rounds on social media, showing a Ministry of Health pickup truck and alleging that health officers had crossed the western border into Melchor in the vehicle and were seen with contraband beers. The Ministry launched an investigation into the matter and according to Director of Health Services, Doctor Marvin […]
So far in the news we have reported on the donation for school furniture and grants for students. Eight ventilators were also today handed over to the Ministry of Health by Bowen and Bowen Limited in Belize City today. The company earmarked half a million-dollar to help in the fight against COVID-19. The ventilators are the final […]
One of the topics discussed by Doctor Marvin Manzanero during today’s interview was the preparedness of the Philip Goldson International Airport to reopen to visitors and returning Belizeans. Doctor Manzanero says he met with frontline workers at the P.G.I.A. today. A number of measures have been put in place and are expected to be followed […]
The clock is ticking for the reopening of the Philip Goldson Airport to international visitors on August fifteenth. Today, the Ministry of Health reviewed the protocols in place. Hotels and resorts are also putting final touches from a nine point list to ensure that visitors feel safe and stay healthy. The Gold Star Certification Programme […]
The villages of San Felipe and Blue Creek remain cut off from the rest of the country. Agriculture produce from Blue Creek is allowed to be transported out of the zone, but no one goes in and no one comes out. Well that is how it should be, but reports emerging from within San Felipe […]
According to residents, some thirty students in San Felipe Village missed their CSEC examinations due to the lockdown. No provisions were made to have them sit the exams at a school in the village. With little money to spare, parents are unable to get their children ready for school. Furthermore, there is no word whether […]
Bahamas is not allowing U.S. visitors due to the spread of the corona virus. In Guyana, the Civil Aviation Authority has delayed the phased opening of the Cheddi Jagan International airport. The airport was scheduled to reopen its runway two weeks ago but the Guyanese government further considered the health of its people pushing the […]
Tonight Health Officials are baffled and continue to investigate the case of a man in his early fifties who tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday. The case was detected at the San Ignacio Community Hospital after the individual visited the hospital over the weekend with gastrointestinal symptoms and a loss of sense of taste and smell. Earlier […]
A United Airline flight arrived today as part of the repatriation process which may lead to more cases of COVID 19. We say may because testing will confirm new cases. But the country’s fortieth case of the novel coronavirus was confirmed late on Thursday by Director of Health Services. In the latest case, the patient […]
Among the measures that will be implemented at the classroom level is a daily sanitization of individual seating areas. According to Dr. Babb, there will also be someone stationed at the entrance of every school building to ensure that proper procedures, including hand washing are followed prior to entering the compound. Dr. Carol Babb, […]
Belize, as part of the Central American Integration System, received an emergency aid to complement national efforts for the prevention, containment, and treatment of COVID-19. The aid comes courtesy of the Central American Bank for Economic Integration, known as CABEI, and in the form of COVID-19 detection test kits, sample collection kits, R.N.A. extraction process […]
A police officer in Punta Gorda committed suicide earlier this week. On Wednesday evening, Police Constable Brenton Garcia shot himself inside his home. The circumstances that triggered the suicide are not clear. Today, Commissioner Chester Williams commented on Garcia’s death which he says highlights the need for counseling services for members of the police department. […]
Seven members of a Blue Creek family are currently in quarantine at the Multi-Purpose Sporting Complex in Orange Walk Town. This is after they all tested positive for the novel coronavirus, but one of the persons is contesting that she is not sick and she is being politically victimized. Health officials have been having a […]
Eighty-six Belizean students on scholarships in Cuba say they are faced with extreme hardships and don’t know what will be their next step. The students say they are in urgent need of food and hygiene products but the COVID-19 pandemic has made their situation difficult to navigate. The students in Cuba have made a public […]
An additional case of COVID-19 has been detected taking the total number of positive cases for the country to forty. Just minutes ago, a release from the Office of the Director of Health Services confirms that a further set of samples were processed today from contact tracing exercise done in Blue Creek. While those returned […]
These days, life in Belize is as close to normal as it has been since March 2020. We are all still adjusting to face masks, social distancing and increased sanitization practices. Still, most of us are back at work, moving around without restrictions, and school should resume in a month. But we are still living […]
Residents of San Felipe and Blue Creek Villages in Orange Walk District, whom health officials believe may have been in physical contact with persons who recently tested positive for the virus, will be swabbed within the next few days, as a contact tracing exercise continues in those communities. Today, Director of Health Services, Doctor Marvin […]
Orange Walk District is the last to have recorded cases of COVID-19; however, it presently has the most active cases. In Santa Elena on Tuesday, a man in his early fifties also tested positive for COVID-19 and health officials are trying to determine where the case originated from. According to the DHS, the patient reported […]
The latest coronavirus patient is a businessman whose livelihood is scrapping vehicles. His wife, who is also part of the contact tracing exercise, is a clothing vendor at the San Ignacio market. Both have informed the Ministry of Health that they have traveled across the country and have had contact with several other persons prior […]
