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Four (4) COVID-19 cases were confirmed during the last twenty-four hours. Belize now has a total of 18 confirmed cases of COVID-19.

Details about the last 4 cases:
� One (1) woman from San Ignacio; close contact with a patient previously detected in the same village
� Three (3) patients in Belize City; close contacts of a patient previously detected in the same city
After 15 days of confirming your case, patient ➜. 3 is still positive.

Due to the above, the Ministry of Health can confirm that there are two (2) active clusters being closely monitored. These are located in San Ignacio and Belize City. The cluster in Belize City indicates having emerged after a social activity carried out on March 14 The cluster in Belize City has resulted in five (5) positive cases, therefore, the Ministry asks everyone who attended the event at Plaza Diner in Belize City on March 14 2020 call 0-800-MOH-CARE or 613-0787 (Central Health Region). If you were at that event and have developed symptoms including fever, coughing, sneezing, nasal slip or difficulty breathing, please stay in isolation and call the numbers indicated.

As of this moment, the Ministry of Health has increased the quarantine period to 21 days. You will have to remain in home quarantine if you have had immediate contact with any of the known cases.



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Are you or someone in your family in a high risk group?

Behave like you have the virus and that everyone you come in contact does as well. Islanders, it is important not to let your guard down.

It's up to each of us to be self disciplined and take responsibility to keep all of our vulnerable residents and the community safe.

Stay Home except for emergencies or if you are an ESSENTIAL worker. When in public master 6-feet physical distancing around yourself. At home practice physical distancing also where possible.

High risk groups for severe illness and death include people:
- aged 40 and older
- with a body mass index (BMI) of 40 or above
- that smoke
- with chronic liver disease including hepatitis
- with chronic neurological conditions (Parkinson's, MS, learning disability, cerebral palsy, etc.
- with Sickle Cell Disease
- with compromised immunity (HIV, AIDS, systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, cancer)
- on medicines such as steroids or chemotherapy
- with chronic respiratory disease (COPD, asthma, emphysema, bronchitis)
- with Cardiovascular Disease including high blood pressure
- with diabetes.

Our data Tuesday as of 3pm. Of note an additional 26 samples were processed from across the country, all negative for COVID-19.

The Ministry of Health is reposting 'What you need to know' during self isolation based on a request yesterday from the public sent during our 'Ask the Experts' session with Dr. Manzanero. Please follow our advice for self isolation or self quarantine for up to 21 days. Call us at 0-800-MOH-CARE for clarity on this and for any other COVID-19 or health related questions.

There are no new COVID-19 positive tests to report tonight. The most recent figures from the Minister of Health say that 629 tests have been performed, with 611 negative results. 60 Negative results in Corozal with four positive, 36 negative results and no positives in Orange Walk, in the Belize district, 279 negatives with 8 positives, in the Cayo District 182 negatives with 6 positives, in the Stann Creek District 24 negatives with no positives, in the Toledo District, 23 negatives an zero positives. 46 cases are currently under investigation.

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***NO NEW COVID-19 CASES***

This is our data up until 3 pm today.

The physical/social distancing and other elements such as hand washing and avoid being out in public are important elements that we need to continue to stress.

We need to continue to work as a community in addressing COVID-19 and the other elements associated to it.

Ministry of Health SARSCOV2 Lab Screening numbers as of 3pm.

No new reported COVID-9 cases in four consecutive days.



This is our data up until 3 pm Friday.
Please, let us continue to practice/ensure social distancing - that is key in ensuring our numbers in terms of positive cases don't go up.
We will be providing further updates through the weekend!

Fifth consecutive day with no new case of COVID-19 in Belize.

COVID-19 UPDATE
This is our data up until 3 pm.

We had waited until the laboratory results for today were out although those numbers are not reflected in this update as the cut off time for when the data is plugged into the infographic remains at 3 pm.

However, given a flagged concern of a possible case at KHMH, we can concern that that result is negative for SARS-CoV2. The understanding of this desk is that the reason why the patient was intubated and the his reason for admission at KHMH differs from what has been reported elsewhere. (The KHMH may be releasing a separate note on this matter)

We continue to make a call to ALL to please wait for the official sources of information as we cannot be caught up into providing the public with false, incomplete or misleading information.

We should note that a total of 159 tests have been done since we last identified a case (not including today's samples).

Our work continues!

LAB WEEK 2020

As we have been concentrating on the topic of COVID-19, we cannot forget and over emphasize the hard work place by ALL the laboratory staff in providing us information in real time.

Over the last 2 months and through the weekends, the staff has worked tirelessly and into the early hours of the morning to ensure we have timely results.

We therefore salute all of them as this week is Medical Laboratory Professionals Week (April 19th-25th) and this constitutes an annual celebration of medical laboratory professionals and pathologists who play a vital role in health care and patient advocacy!

Please join in celebrating them all this entire week!

The latest figures coming out of the Ministry of Health have indicated that there are no new cases of COVID-19 detected in Belize. An updated infographic flyer was uploaded earlier this evening indicating that between 3 pm yesterday and today, ten additional tests were conducted bringing it to a total of seven hundred and seventy-two tests carried out. In addition, there are currently sixty-six persons under investigation. According to a release from the Ministry of Health, 169 tests have been carried out since the last detection of Patient eighteen. Over the weekend, however, reports had surfaced that a suspected case had been brought from the Corozal Regional Hospital to the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital and that front line workers were once again exposed. In response to this, the Director of Health Services issued a notice saying that the patient in question had tested negative for COVID-19. The report added that the patient was intubated but not for respiratory distress as was indicated on a local news page. The DHS appeals to everyone to await official reports to avoid spreading false news or reports without a clear understanding of the circumstances.

COVID-19 UPDATE: We can now report the recovery of two cases from COVID-19!

Gentle reminder that the prevention measures need to be enforced at all levels as we go about with new norms, this now needs to be done continuously. Kudos to all the laboratory staff for all their ongoing work.