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The Mexican man who ran out of the quarantine facility in Orange Walk Town has been captured. Twenty-six-year-old Francisco Hernandez was captured on a feeder road between the villages of San Antonio and Santa Cruz, a few miles away from the border with Mexico. Hernandez escaped this morning from the Multi-Purpose Complex. He did so […]
Written on July 2, 2020 | Posted in
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Border jumpers remain a constant challenge for law enforcers patrolling the porous borders. These border jumpers put the health of Belizeans at risk and, according to Director of Health Services Doctor Marvin Manzanero; they might become the source of a community spread of the novel coronavirus. Several have escaped from quarantine facilities around the country […]
Written on July 2, 2020 | Posted in
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News media in Chetumal are reporting that the health system there is on the brink of collapse due to the increasing number of COVID-19 cases. Chetumal has surpassed Cancun with the number of positive COVID-19 cases and only thirty-five beds are available for seriously ill patients. Health officials in Chetumal, according to news articles, say […]
Written on July 1, 2020 | Posted in
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According Garrido, the Quintana Roo government is working with its people to curb the curve and prevent the further spread of the virus. A campaign called ‘stay at home’ is being pushed with a goal to re-open its economy slowly while keeping the people safe and healthy. María Garrido, Head of International Cooperation Affairs, […]
Written on July 1, 2020 | Posted in
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As the numbers increase across the border, on Tuesday, Belize recorded four new COVID-19 cases. This brings the total number of active cases to eight—five females and three males. According to Director of Health Services, Doctor Marvin Manzanero, the persons entered the country last week two came via the northern border, and the other two […]
Written on July 1, 2020 | Posted in
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According to Doctor Marvin Manzanero, the Ministry of Health is currently assessing how many beds and ventilators are currently available in the country for seriously ill COVID-19 patient. This is part of the preparation ahead of the reopening of the Philip Goldson International Airport on August fifteenth due to the expectation that there might be […]
Written on July 1, 2020 | Posted in
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There are more COVID-19 patients bringing to total number of positive cases for the country to twenty-eight. The office of the Director of Health Services has just released the data, saying that of ninety-five samples that were tested, four have returned positive. The persons came into the country last week; two through the northern border […]
Written on June 30, 2020 | Posted in
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Unlike the Philip Goldson International Airport, land borders will remain closed. The Attorney General made it abundantly clear that the country’s borders with Mexico and Guatemala will remain close for the foreseeable future, especially since COVID-19 cases in both countries have been drastically increasing. Border jumpers rule remains in effect and, according to Peyrefitte, persons […]
Written on June 29, 2020 | Posted in
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Border jumpers are of concern for the spread of the virus. Belize recorded its twenty-fourth case of COVID-19 on Friday. The patient is a Honduran male who was caught fishing illegally in Belizean waters. He was detained off the coast of Placencia with two other Honduran nationals who have tested negative for the novel coronavirus. […]
Written on June 29, 2020 | Posted in
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One more matter from Ask the Expert today…Jamaica added six new cases of COVID-19 to its tally on Sunday, making the cumulative number of confirmed cases totaling six hundred and ninety-six. Five of the cases are imported, with the individuals having arrived on flights from the United States, while one is a contact of an […]
Written on June 29, 2020 | Posted in
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Right Honorable Said Musa is on the road to recovery. The Musa family is preparing to fly him out of the country for a minor procedure to rectify his throat. According to his son, Kareem Musa, the senior Musa is suffered a rare form of stroke but the good news is that the rate or […]
Written on June 26, 2020 | Posted in
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Today, another group of repatriates arrived in Belize via the Philip Goldson International Airport. It is part of the phased repatriation process to get Belizeans, who were stranded during the COVID-19 pandemic in other countries, home. The data shows that as of June twenty-fifth, eighty hundred and eighty-five persons applied, six hundred and sixty-six were […]
Written on June 26, 2020 | Posted in
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Director of Health Services, Doctor Marvin Manzanero says that repatriated persons are not a cause for concern once due process is followed. What is worrisome, says Doctor Manzanero, are those persons who do not want to come home because they don’t want to pay the hotel bill for mandatory quarantine. Dr. Marvin Manzanero, Director […]
Written on June 26, 2020 | Posted in
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Doctor Marvin Manzanero also says that a second round of swabbing has been done on a group of repatriates, who returned to Belize two weeks ago via a United Airlines flight. As we showed you, those persons were taken to the Ramada Belize City Princess Hotel where they remain quarantined. Doctor Manzanero says that once […]
Written on June 26, 2020 | Posted in
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As Belize gets ready to re-open to international tourism in August, there are many details still left to iron out. One of those concerns is regarding healthcare on Belize’s largest tourism destination of San Pedro, Ambergris Caye. The island doesn’t a hospital that can accommodate high numbers should there be an outbreak of the virus. […]
Written on June 26, 2020 | Posted in
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A novel feature of the international travel experience during these COVID times is the use of a mobile application to track the whereabouts of visitors arriving from the United States. The Belize Health app, as it is known, is a mandatory piece of software designed to follow the movement of users where contact tracing is […]
Written on June 25, 2020 | Posted in
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It is not expected that a flood of visitors will be arriving in the months ahead, particularly because we are presently in the low season for overnight and cruise arrivals. That lull, according to PM Barrow, will allow for a fine-tuning of the measures to be put in place. For visitors who test positive upon […]
Written on June 25, 2020 | Posted in
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Bask to the protocols for the re-opening of the P.G.I.A. Testing for COVID-19 is a process that can be completed within an hour and a half using an analyzer that the Ministry of Health is obtaining from Taiwan. While the polymerase chain reaction, or PCR test, remains the benchmark, it will be used as a […]
Written on June 25, 2020 | Posted in
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Are there any lessons to be learned from Jamaica and Antigua; both countries opened their airports a few weeks ago and have seen a spike in imported COVID-19 cases. Despite the increase in cases in those island nations, PM Barrow says Belize’s circumstances are different since our testing at the P.G.I.A. will involve a two-pronged […]
Written on June 25, 2020 | Posted in
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Testing for COVID-19, despite the number of kits in use, is not an error-proof exercise but is mandatory for anyone entering Belize when the airport re-opens. According to the Director of Health Services, all efforts are being made to ensure the accuracy of tests being conducted. Dr. Marvin Manzanero, Director of Health Services “Well […]
Written on June 25, 2020 | Posted in
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The State of Emergency comes to an end on the thirtieth of June. The details of what will be allowed are yet to be publicly disclosed, but some public measures will continue. One such measure is the use of face masks and most Belizeans have adhered to the practice. While we can all agree that […]
Written on June 25, 2020 | Posted in
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A Mexican woman, believed to have illegally entered the country last week, was caught in Belize City on Tuesday morning. Twenty-five-year-old Angela Soto lives in La Union in Mexico and reportedly has family here in Belize. The Ministry of Health is currently conducting contact tracing. Health officials received word that she was being housed by […]
Written on June 24, 2020 | Posted in
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This morning, the Mental Health Association held its annual general meeting virtually and members, as well as other stakeholders, participated in an online discussion on how to improve outreach to persons dealing with mental health issues amid the COVID-19 pandemic. President Aimee Jex says that the work of the association is in keeping with the […]
Written on June 24, 2020 | Posted in
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The Welcome Resource Center is also an initiative that involves the participation of the Mental Health Association. Jex explains the work of the W.R.C., as well as the need for public assistance in providing clothing and other attire for the homeless. Aimee Jex, President, Mental Health Association “We at the Mental Health Association, we […]
Written on June 24, 2020 | Posted in
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The Central Medical Lab is currently processing a number of samples from persons who returned to the country in the past couple days. Among those samples are four persons who were screened with fever at the P.G.I.A. when they returned to the country last Friday. But while we await those results, on Monday, the latest […]
Written on June 23, 2020 | Posted in
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