And while the COVID daily numbers are one thing, there's also the number which we shared with your earlier: 16,202 Belizeans have been inoculated against COVID-19. That includes frontline workers, those over 60, teachers, and even the media. It doesn't, however, include creatives.
In fact musicians, performers and artisans don't appear anywhere on the priority list for the vaccine rollout.
That's a reality that the former music Ambassador hopes to change.
And in a letter addressed to Minister of Health Michel Chebat today, Shyne Barrow who is Shadow Minister for Youth, Sports and Culture requested that the government give consideration to vaccinating members of the Creative sector. Here's why he calls them vital members of the tourism industry.
