The first case of COVID-19 was confirmed today. The woman is currently under quarantine in San Pedro, while her family members are in isolation. The individual, who is a Belizean, arrived at the Philip Goldson International Airport from Los Angeles on Thursday, travelling via Texas. On Friday, she was checked at a private clinic as […]
A thorough investigation, which includes retracing the journey of the San Pedrano affected by COVID-19, is being undertaken by the Ministry of Health. Her travels included a layover in Texas, but local officials are looking at all the persons she may have been in physical contact with on her way to Belize. While the prime […]
Cuban doctors are being deployed to various countries where COVID-19 has been established. A group is already in Italy where the death count continues to increase. A Cuban Medical Brigade arrives in Belize later this week via private charter from Guatemala City. The team of doctors will be deployed to San Pedro in the first […]
Several health facilities in Belize City have been identified by the Ministry of Health should there be a need for persons suffering from COVID-19 to be hospitalized. Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital, the country’s largest infirmary, will not be accepting victims unless it is an extreme case that requires ventilation. Prime Minister Barrow has listed Cleopatra […]
Earlier today, Governor General Sir Colville Young signed a statutory instrument bringing into effect a state of emergency for Ambergris Caye. Under the regulations for the state of emergency everyone is expected to practice social distancing. Travel to and from the island has also been prohibited for the next seventy-two hours. Gatherings have also been […]
When official word came of the first positive case in San Pedro, residents scrambled to get off the island. Hundreds work in the tourism industry, but are not permanent residents of the town. A state of emergency was imposed along with measures of containment, restricting travel to and from the island. Here is News Five’s […]
While measures are being tightened in San Pedro through a state of emergency, restricting travel, the Department of Transport is putting in place preventative measures that will help in containing the deadly COVID-19 disease. The Philip Goldson International Airport closed today with the last commercial flight, a United Airlines airplane, taking off. While that was […]
In the wake of today’s announcement of the presence of COVID-19 in San Pedro, several military tents have been erected in an area of town. Doctor Marvin Manzanero explains that while the collapsible shelters are there in case persons need to be isolated, he also emphasized that patients should first seek to self-isolate at home. […]
During today’s “Ask the Expert” live webcast at three this afternoon, the Director of Health Services shared more information about the investigation into the first confirmed case. As a part of their due diligence, the health teams have been looking at all the places and persons the patient came in contact with. Doctor Marvin Manzanero […]
The panelists during the webcast, D.H.S. Doctor Marvin Manzanero and the Minister of Health Pablo Marin, also spoke on a number of other issues raised by viewers. Doctor Manzanero touched on the topic of home isolation, as well as the issue of ventilators; while Marin spoke about the concerns related to health workers. Dr. […]
A man in Stann Creek is appealing to the public to stop the fake posts about persons allegedly infected with the novel coronavirus. Derrington Ramirez says that he and his family became targets of death threats over the weekend after persons began to share false information that his son tested positive for the virus. He […]
Since the round-up of gang members in Belize City, the gun violence has subsided. But there was a murder recorded over the weekend in southern Belize. Around midday on March twenty-first, the body of a resident from Bladen Village in the Toledo District was discovered near the Swasey Bridge between miles forty-five and forty-six on […]
It’s been almost a week since five-year-old Kia Herbert was senselessly murdered inside her house on Pitter Street in Belize City; she was with her mother, Frances Herbert when shots were fired from outside towards the bedroom in which they were sleeping. On Saturday, police charged two men for her killing as well as the […]
A traffic accident claimed one life in southern Belize. A Hope Creek resident perished on the Melinda Road when he was heading to work. Shon Dee Emmanuel was riding his bicycle when he was hit by a truck. The driver of the vehicle has been served with a notice of intended prosecution. News Five’s Andrea […]
An elderly man also perished as a result of a vehicular accident. Back on March first, sixty-six-year-old Ruperto Garcia was involved in a road traffic accident on the Hummingbird Highway, in front of the headquarters of the Football Federation of Belize. Garcia had been hospitalized since the incident in a critical condition, but over the […]
The Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital goes into emergency mode now that the first case of COVID-19 is known. Visitation procedures have been adjusted as part of the hospital’s response to the pandemic. Elective services have been postponed and an abbreviated clinic schedule is expected to be announced shortly. Visitors with respiratory symptoms will not be […]
After the confirmation of Belize’s first COVID-19 case in Belize, transportation to and from San Pedro Town, Ambergris Caye was discontinued. San Pedro has been placed on quarantine and residents there are asked to stay home. Both water taxi companies have temporarily stopped operations. Unfortunately for Caye Walk Village, the companies have also stopped transporting […]
The Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition will be co-hosting a press conference scheduled for Wednesday and we will bring that to you as it happens. But this morning, the COVID-19 Oversight Committee met at the Laing Building in Belize City immediately after the prime minister’s press conference. From that meeting come additional […]
One more issue coming out of from Ask the Expert session. The public posed a number of COVID-19 questions to the panel, including the case of Michigan, U.S.A. tourist, as well as what it will take for a complete lockdown. Here’s how Doctor Marvin Manzanero responded to the public’s queries. Dr. Marvin Manzanero, Director […]
At today’s police press briefing, News Five took the opportunity to ask the Commander of the Crime Investigation Branch in the Eastern Division about the preparedness of the police department for COVID-19 in Belize. Law enforcement officers, including the B.D.F., the coast guard and the police are the frontline personnel when it comes to enforcement. […]
Because of the prevailing circumstances and to comply with social distancing and with the protocol for the number of persons allowed at gatherings, our usual segment, Sports Monday, has been suspended until the situation normalizes. In the days to come we will also adjusting the way we do things here but we will get you, […]
