October 26, 2020

Venezuela touts new home-grown treatment for COVID-19

According to TeleSur, Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro said the Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research (IVIC) designed the treatment, based on a molecule known as TR-10, and [...]
October 26, 2020

National Committee for Families and Children mourns the loss of 6-year-old to COVID-19

"The loss of any life due to this pandemic is tragic, but it is even more heart wrenching when a child dies," the NCFC said. "We [...]
October 26, 2020

Post Office staff members have concerns over positive COVID-19 case

Today, a source from within the GPO told Breaking Belize News (BBN) that the staff's concerns stem from management's decision to only test 18 employees from [...]
October 26, 2020

Post Office open for business despite a COVID-19 case among staff

An internal memo from Postmaster General, James Gabriel, to staff, explains that the positive case was identified on Saturday, October 24th.
October 25, 2020
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Director of Health Services again warns against large social gatherings after major weekend parties

The reports are from areas across the country, and their continued hosting "certainly doesn't help us in the prevention measures that we need to keep if [...]
October 25, 2020

39 new cases of COVID-19 reported, majority in Corozal, Belize and Stann Creek districts

The Corozal, Belize and Stann Creek Districts reported double digit numbers with 12, 13 and 11 cases, and three in Toledo.
October 25, 2020
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An unwanted milestone – 50th COVID-19 death reported in Belize

The Ministry of Health has reported the 50th death of a Belizean with COVID-19, a man in his 80s who died at the Northern Regional Hospital, [...]
October 25, 2020
BELIZE PARTY

Police play party poopers as department arrests nearly 60 in Orange Walk, Cayo Districts

Police stopped a party in progress on Saturday night on Gravel Lane, Orange Walk Town, with 17 persons in attendance under a tent with balloons and [...]