Belmopan. March 21, 2020. The public is reminded of the Government of Belize’s directive on social distancing as a primary precautionary method to mitigate the potential spread and transmission of COVID-19. The public is also expected to continue these practices if a confirmed case is detected in Belize. Please be reminded to limit gatherings in…
SIB Public Notice – Changes to Procedures for Submitting Data Requests The Statistical Institute of Belize (SIB) advises its clients and the general public that, in keeping with the Government of Belize and the Ministry of Health’s recommendations to practice increased social distancing to mitigate against the transmission of COVID-19, it will be implementing…
COVID-19: Considerations for tuberculosis (TB) care services As the world comes together to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic, it is important to ensure that essential services and operations for dealing with long-standing health problems continue to protect the lives of people with TB and other diseases or health conditions. Health services, including national programmes to combat TB,…
Washington, D.C., 18 March 2020 [PAHO] – The Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Carissa F. Etienne, today called on all countries in the Americas to take urgent action to reorganize their health services and protect health professionals in order to safely care for patients with the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and save…
ROME (Reuters) – The death toll from an outbreak of coronavirus in Italy rose by 602 on Monday, the smallest increase for four days, while the number of new cases also slowed, raising hope that the most aggressive phase of the epidemic may be passing. FILE PHOTO: Italian army soldiers patrol streets after being deployed…
PRESS RELEASE The Statistical Institute of Belize (SIB) informs its stakeholders and the general public that the conduct of the 2020 Population and Housing Census, scheduled to begin on May 12th of this year, has been postponed until 2021. This decision comes as a result of a national directive provided by the COVID-19…
With just two months remaining until the start of Belize’s 2020 Population and Housing Census, the Statistical Institute of Belize (SIB) held its first round of training for census staff during the last two weeks in February. The participants in this training were comprised mostly of permanent staff of various departments within the SIB, who…