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37th COVID Death and 35 New Cases

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MOH confirms 37th COVID death and 35 new cases 10-11-2020
MOH confirms 37th COVID death and 35 new cases 10-11-2020

A total of 163 samples were processed today with 35 new cases identified.

They are distributed as follows:

Cayo – 2 (1 in Belmopan, 1 Santa Elena)

Corozal – 19 ((Town 8, San Joaquin 4, Concepcion 3, San Andres 2, San Roman 1, San Narciso 1)

Belize – 14 (City 4, Ladyville 6, Caye Caulker 2, Hattieville 1, 1 from OW town but swabbed in the city)

We had 17 recovered cases today so that 37.4% of our cases remain active.

We have unfortunately, another death to report, this is in a female in her late 60s from Orange Walk who had been hospitalized at KHMH’s ICU. Our case fatality rate now stands at 1.46%.

While we acknowledge that continues ahead of us, we also stress that we have a collective responsibility in curtailing the increasing numbers that we currently have.

67 New COVID-19 Cases Detected

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67 new COVID-19 cases detected
67 new COVID-19 cases detected

A total of 306 tests were done today with 67 new cases identified.

They are distributed as follows:

Toledo – 3 in Punta Gorda

Stann Creek – 3 (1 in Dangriga, 2 from Bella Vista, Toledo but swabbed in Independence)

Corozal – 6 (4 in town, 1 Caledonia, 1 Libertad)

Cayo – 7 (4 San Ignacio, 2 Esperanza, 1 Benque Viejo)

Orange Walk – 23 (11 Town, 4 Trial Farm, 2 San Lazaro, 2 August Pine Ridge, 1 each in Guinea Grass, Tower Hill, San Jose, Carmelita)

Belize – 25 (17 city, 1 Lord’s Bank, 4 from San Jose, OW; 1 from Xaibe, Corozal; 1 from OW town, 2 Kolbe)

We had 35 recoveries today for a total percentage of active cases now at 36.8% of cases.

The situations in Orange Walk and now Belize City are being monitored closely and this underscores the ongoing relevance of exercising all prevention measures as we move along.

Men arrested for Trafficking Heroin

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4 detained for heroin possession 11

Four Men were caught in Belmopan yesterday sometime after 3:00 pm in a Ford Ranger Pickup at the Shanghai gas station in Belmopan after being caught with 4 parcels of Heroin. The pickup was searched and the drugs were found in a knapsack hidden under a spare tire. Three men are Belizean and another is of Guatemalan citizenship. They were arrested and escorted by law enforcement officials pending charges of possession of controlled drug with intent to supply.

Four COVID-19 deaths in 24 hours

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4 people from OW have died from COVID 10-06-2020
4 people from OW have died from COVID 10-06-2020

A total of 175 tests were processed with 39 new cases identified.

They are distributed as follows:

Toledo – 2 from San Pedro Columbia

Corozal – 12 (4 in town, 3 Xaibe, 2 Santa Clara, 1 Progresso, 1 Calcutta, 1 Concepcion)

Orange Walk – 11 (5 in town, 1 each in Trial Farm, Carmelita, August Pine Ridge, Trinidad, Tower Hill, San Felipe)

Belize – 14 (9 in the city, 1 Ladyville, 1 Caye Caulker, 2 San Pedro, 1 from Guinea Grass)

There are 14 recoveries to report.

Unfortunately we have 4 deaths (3 males, 1 female) to report in the last 24 hours, all persons from Orange Walk (2 from OW Town, 1 from San Felipe, 1 from Trinidad). Three deaths were at the Northern Regional Hospital and one at KHMH’s ICU.

A team has also just completed the follow-up of cases initially reported at the Kolbe Foundation and that will be reported separately.

The date has been set for General Election 2020

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Vote for general election in belize
Vote for general election in belize

His Excellency the Governor General has issued a Writ of Election for the holding of a General Election to be held on Wednesday 11th November 2020.

Polls will open at 7:00 a.m. and close at 6:00 p.m. Nominations for persons wishing to contest the election will be received on Wednesday 21st October 2020 between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. at the various nomination centers, countrywide.

Statutory Instrument No. 66 of 2004 states “The persons entitled to vote at the election of a divisional representative shall be those persons whose names appear on the register for that division as existing on the Nomination Day.”With nomination day being the 21st October 2020 only persons who registered on or before 11th September 2020 are persons whose names appear on the register and are therefore eligible to vote in the General Election.

This is in conformity with the time table mandated by the Representation of the People Registration Rules to ensure that the period guaranteed by law for making objections and the hearing of appeals by the Revising Officer is complied with. Persons who applied to be registered after 11th September 2020 would not have gone through the process required by law as of nomination day.The Registers for each of the Electoral Divisions are posted at the Elections and Boundaries Offices countrywide and all registered electors are invited to visit the office to peruse the Register.

Minor Shot in Orange Walk

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Minor Shot in Orange Walk
Minor Shot in Orange Walk

15 yr old Victor Pott was shot at last night in Trial Farm Village, Orange Walk District. Initial reports indicate Pott was heading to a shop ,when a blue car drove past him and individuals from within the car fired shots at him. Pott was hit to his leg, and was later admitted to the Northern Regional Hospital in a stable condition. Police are seeking one person of interest to aid in this attempted murder.

30th Covid-19 Death And 65 New Cases

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30th Covid-19 Death And 65 New Cases 10-04-2020
30th Covid-19 Death And 65 New Cases 10-04-2020

A total of 253 samples were processed today with 65 new cases identified. For now, we are only able to provide distribution per district and the full details of active cases per community should be available throughout the course of tomorrow.

Cayo – 4
Stann Creek – 6
Corozal – 7
Belize – 8
Orange Walk – 40

We have 32 recoveries to report so that 35.9% of our identified cases remain active.

Unfortunately we have another death to report, this is in a male in his 50s from Unitedville, he had been at KHMH’s ICU and had been having cardiac complications from when he arrived and the diagnosis of COVID had been made upon his admission to the ICU. Two patients currently remain intubated at KHMH.

Our case fatality rate is now 1.37%.

The team at the airport also cleared 192 passengers from the two flights that arrived today, 88 of these passengers arrived with a negative PCR and the airport screening process managed to pick a positive case in the remaining ones screened. We are hereby reminding all those returning to their families, home or workplace, that it is anticipated that all will be doing self quarantine for a minimum of 10 days notwithstanding a negative result; this is the broad recommendation to minimize further exposure.

Young Mother Killed in Belize City

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21-year-old woman fatally shot on Pelican Street in Belize City1
21-year-old woman fatally shot on Pelican Street in Belize City1

21 Year old Nelisha Nolberto was murdered on Pelican St in Belize City.Reports are that two gunmen entered the yard and fired shots where several persons were socializing.Nolberto was shot and died on the spot.The Young mother was not believed to be the intended target. It is of note she is a relative to a WPC,who made a tearful plea on Facebook to the senseless killing of her younger sister.

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Migrant Caravan Heading To US From Honduras

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Guatemalan president pledges to detain and ship migrants back to Honduras, as hundreds walk towards america.
Guatemalan president pledges to detain and ship migrants back to Honduras, as hundreds walk towards america.

Guatemalan president pledges to detain and ship migrants back to Honduras, as hundreds walk towards america.

Guatemala assured the US to split up a caravan around 2,000 migrants that lay out from adjoining Honduras this week hoping of reaching the United States, saying they represent health danger amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

The initial Honduran migrants entered Guatemala by walking on Thursday and the country’s president, Alejandro Giammattei, promised to detain and send them back again to the border.

“The order has been given to detain all those who entered illegally, and return them to the border of their country,” Giammattei said in a broadcast address to the nation.

“We will not allow any foreigner who has used illegal means to enter the country, to think that they have the right to come and infect us and put us at serious risk.”

Giammattei furthermore issued an order that could suspend some constitutional privileges in the provinces they were predicted to go through, evidently to be able to facilitate detaining them.

Remembering Philip Goldson

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On the anniversary of his death, we remember Philip S.W.Goldson - National Hero, Activist, Editor and Politician.
On the anniversary of his death, we remember Philip S.W.Goldson - National Hero, Activist, Editor and Politician.

Philip Stanley Wilberforce Goldson (25 July 1923 – 3 October 2001) was the Belizean newspaper editor, activist and politician. He served in the House of Representatives of Belize as associate for the Albert constituency through 1965 to 1998 and doubly as a minister. Goldson has been a founding member of both of Belize’s current main political parties, the People’s United Party (PUP) in the 1950s and the United Democratic Party (UDP) in the 1970s. He had been also the leading public spokesperson of the hardline anti-Guatemalan territorial claims National Alliance for Belizean Rights party in the 1990s.

On the anniversary of his death, we remember Philip S.W.Goldson – A National Hero, Activist, Editor and Politician.

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