June 25, 2020
coronavirus

Karen Bevans: Re-opening is ‘Phase Three’ of overall plan

There will be the option for a PCR COVID-19 test 72 hours before arrival and tourists will be asked to book accommodations before traveling.
June 25, 2020

Judith Alpuche: Safety remains in mind as PGIA reopens

In considering and structuring the plan to reopen the PGIA, Alpuche said, the guideline has been trying in the best way possible to keep people safe, [...]
June 24, 2020

United Nations Development Programme makes donation to Ministry of Health to help with COVID-19 response

The donation, made yesterday, consisted of testing equipment and a ventilator all valued at around $100,000. It was made as a part of a Global Fund [...]
June 23, 2020

Persons quarantined to be released after receiving 2nd negative swab

Some of these samples were from persons who are to be released from the quarantine hotels/facilities after completing their 14 days and having had a second [...]
June 23, 2020

Ventilators do not kill people, Manzanero explains

Manzanero, appearing on the Government of Belize's weekly live stream Ask the Experts, said that he needed to address the issue because the question was being [...]
June 23, 2020

Ministry of Health: “Returning to a pre-COVID-19 normal is unlikely without a vaccine,”

Dr. Marvin Manzanero, Director of Health Services at the MOH, said that the latest data being reported internationally suggests that human immunity developed from prior infection [...]
June 23, 2020

“There is no second wave of COVID-19,” says Director of Health Services

Manzanero, on his latest appearance of 'Ask the Experts', said that Belize has seen at least one case a week for the last three to four [...]
June 23, 2020

Courts Belize supports Ministry of Health in the fight against COVID-19

Melinda Guerra, Central Health Region Manager for the MOH, explained that areroboxes are used in managing COVID-19 positive patients to protect the physicians treating the patients.