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While concerns are being raised about the reopening of the Philip Goldson International Airport one month from today and the idea of visitors spreading COVID-19 in the country, the primary concern, according to Doctor Marvin Manzanero, is Belizeans who will also be returning home and visiting friends and family. That, he says, poses a more […]
Written on July 15, 2020 | Posted in
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Assistant Commissioner of Police Marco Vidal is at home recovering from a stroke that he suffered one week ago. Today, Commissioner of Police Chester Williams told the media that Vidal was released from the hospital and is in good spirits. Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police “Mr. Vidal, I must say, is coming along quite […]
Written on July 15, 2020 | Posted in
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The State of Emergency remains in place for the villages of San Felipe and Blue Creek. And if you think you are getting in or out, Commissioner of Police Chester Williams says that is not happening under any regular circumstance, as long as the S.O.E. is in place. The only movement in and out is […]
Written on July 15, 2020 | Posted in
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There is bad news tonight for persons who rely on the National Health Insurance Programme. A notice was issued today and it says that all referrals have been exhausted for the month of July, and that clients will now be required to pay for these services in full. The N.H.I.’s annual budget was cut and […]
Written on July 14, 2020 | Posted in
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There are two new COVID-19 cases to report tonight. The first of these two cases is a repatriated Belizean. The patient is a male who arrived on a repatriation flight on Friday, July tenth. He is under quarantine and is asymptomatic. The second patient is a man in his fifties who was a patient at […]
Written on July 14, 2020 | Posted in
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And from politics to health; Belize has fifteen active cases of COVID-19 with nine being in the Orange Walk District. On Friday, four more cases were identified and the persons placed at the quarantine facility in Orange Walk Town. All seven cases were identified as persons, who had been crossing the border into Mexico through […]
Written on July 13, 2020 | Posted in
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According to Doctor Manzanero, officials have not been able to trace whether or not the infected persons travelled outside their community. He says that the family has not been forthcoming with information but nonetheless the community of Blue Creek is cooperating. If further cases are identified, Doctor Manzanero says that random sampling will be increased. […]
Written on July 13, 2020 | Posted in
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As you heard, the infected family has not been forthcoming with information to officials about their recent travels. That family remains in quarantine in the Orange Walk Multi-purpose Complex and today from within the facility one of the parents spoke out against authorities. According to the mother, her daughters were never caught illegally crossing the […]
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No one goes in and out from the villages of San Felipe and Blue Creek in the Orange Walk District, but there is movement of poultry and agricultural products. Those two communities have been placed under a State of Emergency given the increase of active cases of COVID-19 in Blue Creek. There is a fear […]
Written on July 13, 2020 | Posted in
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Three more cases of COVID-19 were confirmed on Thursday night and it is expected that four more cases will be confirmed later tonight. All these cases are being recorded in the Orange Walk District, making it the country’s hotspot for the novel coronavirus which remained free of the virus for months. As it is right […]
Written on July 10, 2020 | Posted in
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Another repatriation flight landed today with over twenty persons including military officers and two diplomats. United Airlines landed at the Philip Goldson International Airport at around midday after applications were approved by authorities here. So far, one thousand and fifty-one applications have been made, nine hundred and eighteen have been approved and three hundred and […]
Written on July 10, 2020 | Posted in
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The Philip Goldson International Airport is scheduled to re-open for international travel on August fifteenth. This will allow visitors to enter Belize and jump-start the tourism industry and by extension support the recovery of the economy. There is the fear, however, that the arriving tourists will bring COVID-19. The Ministry of Health, in coordination with […]
Written on July 10, 2020 | Posted in
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And the man who led the anti-gang operation, Assistant Commissioner of Police Marco Vidal is already on the road to recovery after suffering a stroke on Tuesday evening, following the predawn raid in the Southside of the City. While ACP Vidal recuperates from the cerebro-vascular incident, Commissioner of Police Chester Williams and Deputy Commissioner Edward […]
Written on July 9, 2020 | Posted in
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Last week, we reported on the cuts at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital where Doctors Fernando Cuellar and Amin Hegar have been terminated. Tonight, we can confirm that the National Health Insurance Programme is also suffering from budget cutbacks. Executive Chairman, Doctor Ramon Figueroa says that the budget cuts are due to the economic effects […]
Written on July 9, 2020 | Posted in
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Assistant Commissioner of Police Marco Vidal headed an early morning law enforcement operation in Belize City on Tuesday where he led just about three hundred police and B.D.F. officers into various neighbourhoods in the City to round up active gang members under a new state of emergency. Vidal was at the press conference on Tuesday […]
Written on July 8, 2020 | Posted in
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Last week, Belize confirmed six new cases of COVID-19. The most recent patients were two Belizeans who entered the country illegally, but were placed under quarantine upon their entry. They were confirmed positive upon the second test administered, so for now the couple remains under quarantine. Last week Thursday, a woman and her two children […]
Written on July 7, 2020 | Posted in
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On Friday, Belize recorded two more cases of COVID-19. This brings the total number of cases to thirty, nine of which are active. Today, thirty-eight more samples were processed, but they were all negative. When we spoke to Doctor Marvin Manzanero this afternoon, he confirmed that two new patients are Belizeans who entered the country […]
Written on July 6, 2020 | Posted in
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Commissioner of Police Chester Williams says that a number of patrons in bars and nightclub establishments weren’t wearing masks this weekend. He notes that social distancing was also not being observed in some of the businesses. These actions, coupled with a few other concerns, have pushed the Commissioner to prohibit police officers from providing security […]
Written on July 6, 2020 | Posted in
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As part of its cost cutting measures, the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital has terminated professional contracts. In May, the hospital ended its contract with Ophthalmologist, Doctor Amin Hegar. Later in June, it did the same with Doctor Fernando Cuellar, who worked in the Adult Intensive Care Unit. The firing comes in the midst of the coronavirus […]
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A little over half a million Belize dollars worth of Personal Protective Equipment was donated to Belize by the governments of the United Kingdom, Canada and PAHO/WHO for the country’s COVID-19 response. The donation will primarily support infection prevention and control for healthcare personnel throughout the country. Items such as face shields, respirators, face masks […]
Written on July 6, 2020 | Posted in
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The phased repatriation process continued today and so far two hundred and sixty-four Belizeans have been brought home. Two groups arrived today at the P.G.I.A., one from the U.S. and the first from El Salvador. A total of nine hundred and seventy three have applied and eight hundred and eleven of those applicants have been […]
Written on July 3, 2020 | Posted in
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Belize has recorded twenty-eight cases of COVID-19 – of the eight active cases, one of those patients was ordered to leave the country, so currently there are seven cases within our borders. The active cases represent one foreigner and six Belizeans; these are all persons who entered illegally as well as repatriated Belizeans. But a […]
Written on July 3, 2020 | Posted in
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And as the six weeks countdown continues to the reopening of the P.G.I.A., a number of countries are struggling to contain the virus and their health systems are on the brink of collapse. Neighbouring countries such as Mexico, Honduras and Costa Rica are seeing a spike in cases and other countries have had to backtrack […]
Written on July 3, 2020 | Posted in
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The Ministry of Health is cautioning Belizeans about taking COVID-19 prevention treatment. The Director of Health Services shared that there are reports of a pharmacy selling a medication known for the prevention and treatment of malaria. Doctor Manzanero warns that it isn’t an effective treatment for COVID-19 and should not be purchased without a doctor’s […]
Written on July 3, 2020 | Posted in
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There is an update about COVID-19 case number twenty-four in southern Belize. He’s one of the fishermen detained back in June for illegally fishing off the coast of Placencia within a marine reserve. The Honduran received a positive test almost three weeks later and that caused some alarm for persons who may have come in […]
Written on July 3, 2020 | Posted in
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