Belmopan. March 25, 2020. Today, March 25th, members of the business community in Belize donated more than BZ$8,000.00 worth of supplies at short notice to assist Cuba with its efforts to prevent the spread of the COVID-19. The donated items include soap powder, bar soap, bath towels, sheets, cleaners and disinfectants, and garbage bags. The supplies…
Belmopan. March 25, 2020. The Department of Transport (DOT) continues to work closely with the Ministry of Health to address some of the challenges related to COVID-19. The Department’s main focus at this point is to maintain uninterrupted, but safe, public transportation services to all commuters countrywide until otherwise notified by the Government of Belize. The…
Belmopan. March 24, 2020. The Attorney General’s Ministry informs the public of the following conditions with respect to the delivery of services at the Vital Statistics Unit in Belize City effective immediately. Services to the public will be offered on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays between the hours of 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The office will be closed…
Belmopan. March 24, 2020. The Ministry of Health is aware of an increase in the public’s request for the drugs Chloroquine and Hydroxychloroquine as possible treatment options for COVID-19. The Ministry reminds the public that there are no approved drugs for the specific treatment of COVID-19. While the aforementioned drugs have been used experimentally for the…
Belmopan. March 24, 2020. The Belize Postal Service is an essential service department. As such it will endeavor to continue to provide postal services to the Belizean public to the extent that it can reasonably do so. Notwithstanding the above, the Belize Postal Service strives to make postal services available amid the detection of the COVID-19,…
Belmopan. March 23, 2020. A Statutory Instrument was signed today, March 23, 2020, by the Governor General H.E. Sir Colville Young on the proclamation of Ambergris Caye as an emergency area. The Statutory Instrument enforces the following Regulations: 1. Emergency area refers to the area declared to be under a public state of emergency. Every person is…
Consumer Price Index Figures released by the Institute show that the All-Items Consumer Price Index for February 2020 stood at 105.5, an increase of 0.4 percent from 105.0 in February 2019. On average, during this month in 2020, the prices of goods and services regularly purchased by Belizean households were 0.4 percent higher than they…
Belmopan. March 23, 2020. The Attorney General’s Ministry informs the public of the following conditions in respect to the delivering of services, effective immediately: A. Legal Advice and Services Centre: The provision of all services to the public from the Legal Advice and Services Centre country-wide is suspended effective today, March 23, 2020 until Friday, April 10, 2020, except those ongoing or new applications that…
Belmopan. March 23, 2020. The Government of Belize has declared a state of emergency for Ambergris Caye with immediate effect for 72 hours. This will allow the Ministry of Health time to conduct the proper mapping and tracing of contacts following the announcement of the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in San Pedro Town, Ambergris Caye.…
Belmopan. March 23, 2020. The Ministry of Health announces the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in Belize. The patient is a 38-year-old female, Belizean national who resides in San Pedro. The patient arrived in Belize on Thursday, March 19th, and sought medical attention at a private health facility with symptoms on Friday, March 20th. Her…