“The aim of the project is to be the centerpiece of the development of the Education, Health, and Wellness Sectors,” said the Estimates.

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Brill, whose family hails from Puerto Rico, knows that just discussing the term in some Spanish-speaking cultures is so frowned upon that many callers are too scared to even admit that they’re calling for themselves.

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“The fact that cholera is going in crescendo shows shortcomings, those same places that today are showing sick patients and some deceased, are the same as in 2010,” he said, also questioning the action taken by the Social Security System at that time, since today the indicators are the same and “we are worse off”. In addition, the union leader stated that they will carry out several actions in the La Zurza sector, such as a new analysis of the water to determine the particles that inhabit it, “so that the population sees the truth of the Medical College.”

The State intervened after three cases of the disease in the last sweep in various neighborhoods such as the Nuevo Domingo Sabio Project, the former La Ciénaga, and Los Guandules, as well as Capotillo, El 24 de Abril, Gualey, Simón Bolivar, and Villas Agricolas. However, according to residents of Villas Agricolas, it took them a long time to get there, and some are still unaware of the government entities’ movements in their communities to stop the cholera outbreak. Although the only cases still active in the country are in La Zurza and Villas Agricolas, where the outbreak’s first and only death occurred last Thursday, the other four locations were also intervened in over the weekend, according to Public Health.

The director of Health Area IV, Jesus Suard, confirmed that 300 people were ready to form brigades that rummaged through neighborhoods looking for suspected cases, that is, people with chronic diarrhea, vomiting, headaches, and other symptoms. Suard stated that the teams that conduct house-to-house visits also educate the population on cholera prevention, but that in most of the allegedly affected areas, people are unaware of the Ministry’s movements.

One of them is Magna Elena Ramos, who lives in San Carlos, where the Ministry of Public Health (MSP) identified two positive individuals of Haitian origin with the disease last Friday. She is concerned about the disease’s potential for harm. “It’s dangerous if you don’t attend to yourself on time, which is why you have to eat healthy and nothing from the street,” she explained.

Another resident of the sector who only eats food prepared at home José de la Rosa said that street food is the most likely to spread the disease. “You can’t get it at home, but if you eat nonsense on the streets, you’ll get it because they’re not made with the same hygiene,” he said emphatically. Santiago Nuñez, who also lives in San Carlos, has urged authorities to stop the spread of cholera to prevent more cases, particularly among children, the elderly, and people with pre-existing diseases, who are the most vulnerable to death. Similarly, the gentleman urged citizens to follow the recommendations of the health portfolio and specialists to combat the condition.

Because suspicious cases have emerged, some Villas Agricolas residents are also tightening hygiene standards to avoid being included in the bacterial condition’s statistical reports. This is what Ramón Fernández is doing, who has made washing his hands before eating and after using the restroom a daily priority to avoid contracting the disease. Similarly, Julio de Los Santos, who has lived in the neighborhood for years, stated that the population must help the government contain the contagion by taking the necessary precautions.

According to the 1,024 reports of the General Directorate of Epidemiology of the Ministry of Public Health, in the last 24 hours, 1,310 tests were performed, of which 1,292 were antigenic and another 18 were Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR), of which 817 were performed for the first time, and 493 were subsequent.

216 new cases of COVID in the past 24 hours

COVID Statistics
Daily positivity levels remain at 7.47%, while that of the last four weeks stands at 10.26%, and the lethality of the virus is 0.66%, with 4,384 deaths in total, with the last death recorded over half a year ago in the month of June 2022.

Hospital occupancy also shows a decrease in statistics, as only 17 occupied beds in the COVID network and four intensive care units, while no mechanical ventilators are in use.

Posted: Saturday, January 7, 2023. 8:03 am CST.

Photo Credit: Rubén Morales Iglesias

By Rubén Morales Iglesias: Belize Agricultural Health Authority (BAHA) has increased its surveillance measures to contain the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) H5N1, or bird flu, from entering Belize as the disease had already made its presence in pelicans on the coast of Puerto Cortes and La Ceiba, Honduras.

“Categorically, we are still free of avian influenza, and we plan to remain so,” Interim Chief Veterinary Officer at BAHA Dr Joe Myers told Breaking Belize News.

Dr Myers said BAHA has received reports of sick pelicans in Belize City and Placencia, but it verified that none were sick with avian influenza.

“We’ve been meeting since the 27th of April, so we’ve been well ahead of the game, so to speak, but the way the disease has been travelling, via wild birds, it’s imminent that it will eventually reach here, so we have to buckle up,” Dr Myers said.

“Initially it was diagnosed in Panama about a month ago. And then the day before yesterday, it was diagnosed in Puerto Cortes, Honduras, which is right across the bay,”

Myers said that BAHA established communication with the Forest Department which has its Wildlife Partners like the Belize Zoo and the Belize Wildlife Referral Clinic, and to avoid information being channeled improperly it was decided that these organizations should inform the Forest Department which in turn will inform BAHA.

Dr Myers said the bird flu can affect humans, so if a bird is found sick or dead, BAHA should be informed within 24 hours, but the bird or birds should only be handled by BAHA trained personnel. In cases when a bird is almost decomposed, it should be burned, but an investigation will still be carried out.

“Ideally, we would want to test the bird, but we also want to preserve life. We don’t want to risk human life just to take a sample,” Dr Myers said.

“It’s a flu, and like every other disease, the old, the young, the immune compromised, almost like COVID, are at risk,” Dr Myers said adding that the people that could be severely affected are almost the same as Covid-19, people who suffer from high blood pressure and diabetes, and the control measures are pretty much the same involving masking and washing hands properly.

So, it’s best not to touch a sick or dead bird.

What a person has to do is inform BAHA immediately. That can be done directly or through the Ministry of Agriculture, the Forest Department, the Ministry of Health and Wellness, the Belize Poultry Association, or any registered veterinarian.

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A communication from the entity, released through the Vice-Ministry of Collective Health and its General Directorate of Epidemiology, indicates that the patients were admitted between the 3rd and 5th of this month after presenting with watery and whitish diarrhea accompanied by vomiting.

When they were admitted to the health center, they were hydrated and stabilized, and coprological samples were immediately taken, with a positive result for cholera.

Minor returned from Haiti

The Public Health epidemiological report certifies that the four-year-old child recently returned to the country from Haiti, where he was vacationing with his mother.

According to the document, the patients have been without bowel movements for more than 24 hours, are stable, in good spirits, with a good appetite, and remain in the hospital for observation, with the possibility of discharge in the next few hours.

He added that the areas of Health, IV, and V, the Vice Ministry of Collective Health and its Epidemiological Directorate, and the Ministry’s Risk Management Directorate are maintaining epidemiological surveillance with close relatives and a permanent intervention in the areas to detect, prevent and investigate any suspected cholera.

Public Health stated that so far, there are no relatives of patients with suspected disease symptoms and urged the population not to be alarmed and to be attentive to official reports.

Holidays without cases

These new cases of cholera appeared after the authorities managed to pass the Christmas and New Year’s holidays without any suspected cases of the disease in the La Zurza sector or other nearby neighborhoods of the National District.

Sewage from sewage and toilets in La Zurza continues to be deposited in the Isabela River, despite an investment of billions of pesos in a treatment plant.

A pumping sump was built in La Zurza to collect this water and send it through a pipe placed over a bridge parallel to the Jacinto Peynado to the treatment plant inaugurated on the other side of the river.

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Faced with this situation and due to the recent infections of the disease that have arisen in the community, the Ministry of Public Health (MSP) together with other organizations, placed a series of water tanks so that the municipalities have access to free water to cover their needs, but despite thanking the government for the provision, they ask the Santo Domingo Aqueduct and Sewerage Corporation (Caasd) to install pipes to make the measure more efficient.

“We hope in God that they put the key on us and that they bring us permanent water,” Toribio de la Rosa expressed. He stressed that the CAASD daily loads the containers with clean water to reduce the possibility of contagion from the virus. cholera and other pathologies in the demarcation, however, he explained that, like other neighborhoods, they want to receive the service through the system. He stated that several people in the area have been affected by diarrheal symptoms due to having contact with the pools, which according to the authorities do not have the bacteria that cause cholera but do have garbage residues that also serve as water-polluting agents.

In this sense, he declared that he is applying the recommendations given by the experts to avoid infection, especially the reinforcement of hygiene measures at home. Likewise, Mr. Edulio Amancio is doing it, who explained that since the reappearance of the disease in the town, he is being more cautious with what he eats. “One has to be careful, not eating everything and washing our hands with soap,” he stressed.

Persons travelling to Guyana directly or in-transit from China, Hong Kong and Macau must now present a negative COVID-19 test or proof of recovery from the viral disease,  Guyana’s COVID-19 Task Force announced on Thursday. Th new requirement takes effect from January 8, 2023. The Guyana government said that would also apply to persons traveling ...