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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 […]
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Was there a lax in the enforcement of regulations pertaining to social distancing, as well as the use of face masks, when the national state of emergency was lifted several weeks ago? While many Belizeans returned to some normalcy or a carefree existence, Commissioner Williams says that the police department did not become complacent with […]
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Commissioner of Police Chester Williams raised the ire of many in the Customs and Excise Department when he said last week that there was complicity among officers at the borders in facilitating the flow of contraband goods into the country. ComPol Williams has always been candid when it comes to his knowledge of persons who […]
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An eighteen-year-old female is reported missing in San Ignacio Town. Sussy Guzman left her relative’s house on Saturday and has not been heard from or seen since then. Her family says that this is the first time that the teenager has been missing. They fear that something terrible has happened to her. Her sister Nerina […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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As we reported on Tuesday, Elron Franco, Jesse Leon and Doctor Hector Cisneros who are attached to the pharmaceutical supplier all tested positive on Monday. During a contact tracing exercise, the results of the elderly female returned positive. She has been hospitalized since Tuesday and around midday today, her condition deteriorated. She was transported via […]
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So, as you heard the critical case had to be transferred to the K.H.M.H. One of the reasons is because she needs ventilator support, but the Western Regional Hospital doesn’t have a non-invasive ventilator. Doctor Marvin Manzanero warned that human resources is of concern. He states that if there are many hospitalizations, it would put […]
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The number of positive cases in San Pedro continues to jump and is peaking at one hundred and thirty-three as community transmission of COVID-19 spreads on the island. There are three active clusters and tonight, the Ministry of Health is reporting that a large number of cases may have been infected at a nightclub on […]
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COVID-19 is ravaging San Pedro where the highest number of cases is being reported. Up to Tuesday night, there were ninety-three active cases of the virus on the island, but during the Ask the Experts webcast today an additional forty have been identified in San Pedro, bringing the total to one hundred and thirty-three for […]
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Health officials from the Central Health Region have been on the island as contact tracing exercise continues for positive cases. While all active cases are currently quarantined, majority at their respective homes, there is a situation of congestion. COVID-positive patients cannot properly quarantine from the rest of the household due to crammed living conditions. Ministry […]
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A coast guard sailor is the first to test positive among his peers in maritime law enforcement. On Tuesday evening, the Belize Coast Guard was informed by health officials that one of its men was afflicted with the disease. That individual has since been placed in quarantine and is recovering under careful supervision. In light […]
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Schools remain closed across the country as a containment measure to COVID-19. But today, the People’s United Party rolled out its education policy, promising access and quality education from preschool to university. The P.U.P. proposes to cut bureaucracy and invest more on students and educators. The document was introduced by former Minister of Education, Francis […]
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Civil Aviation earlier today issued a list of flights that landed at the P.G.I.A. during the month of July. Fifty-six aircrafts landed, including repatriation flights on United Airlines, Tag, Moses International and Green Airways; cargo on Amerijet, Aero Ruta Maya and Tag. A number of air ambulances for medical evacuation, technical flights and a single […]
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Opposition Leader John Briceño on Tuesday blasted the Barrow Administration, saying that the Ministry of Health is scrambling for solutions as COVID-19 cases are on the rise. A P.U.P. release read, “With the first week of the spike in cases, our health monitoring system has for all intents and purposes collapsed.” Briceño pointed out that […]
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While at the launch of its education policy, the opposition leader was also asked about border jumpers. The Ministry of National Security has been having a difficult time restraining these border jumpers and securing the porous border in the west and north. Today, Briceño cried out that these individuals need to stop because they are […]
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Two-term Prime Minister and Fort George Area Representative, Said Musa continues to recover from a stroke. The veteran politician suffered a very rare stroke in early May and received treatment here in Belize and the U.S. But with general elections just around the corner, there are questions on whether seventy-seven-year-old Musa will be able to run for another term […]
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Tonight, there are no known cases of the coronavirus within the walls of the Belize Central Prison and prison authorities want to keep it that way. So Kolbe Foundation has gone into high gear to impose measures to keep the inmates free of the virus. Today was the last day for visitors prior to a […]
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The state of emergency to stem the gang violence that broke out in Belize City several weeks was extended, following the last sitting of the House of Representatives. Those incarcerated individuals, including four women, are serving an additional sixty days at the Belize Central Prison. The spike in gang-related incidents has since subsided and today, […]
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Across the Caribbean, there have been concerns raised about the state of prisoners amid the COVID-19 pandemic which can have disastrous effects due to the congested facilities. While Belize has no recorded cases of the disease at the central prison, there remains frequent correspondence among managing authorities at various facilities across the region. CARICOM IMPACS, […]
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Belmopan has recorded five cases of the coronavirus and as you heard earlier, one of those cases, a female patient, had to be transferred to the K.H.M.H. in critical condition. For the past couple months, the Western Regional Hospital has been preparing to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic but with the spread in Belmopan, the […]
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