And while the rate of infection seems to be generally trending down - the Director of Health Services has already warned that it could go right back up because of the Independence Day parties.
Today in Belmopan, the Commissioner of Police expressed his exasperation with those who continue to have parties. He says he's had it - and party-people will be arrested:
Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police
"We still have people who continue to behave recklessly, persons who continue to have social gatherings. May I remind people that the quarantine regulations clearly state that no person shall host any party of which they are inviting anybody from outside the household where the party is being conducted. So, I still can't understand why it is that every day the police have to be called to activities where persons are having parties. To some extent I am upset with the police too because when the police go they warn and send home people. I just sent out a directive to them yesterday that we are not ambulance. We don't warn, warn, warn - we need to arrest some people so that they get the message. Nobody is going to take us seriously. Nobody is going to take these regulations seriously and everybody will continue to behave recklessly and then they will put us all at risk again. The Prime Minister said yesterday in his speech that the number of positive cases are going down. That is true. But if we continue to behave recklessly then that will reverse again. I spoke to someone yesterday and they said to me, they said commissioner there is no more Covid-19, I say where did you get that from. He said there are not much cases anymore. I said we don't have much cases anymore because people to some extent are complying, but the minute we drop our guards and everybody begin to behave recklessly again, we will go right back to where we were 3-4 weeks ago.
"I want to make it emphatically clear to the viewers, and I hope you play this piece in your news tonight - that the police will be cracking down on those persons who have the propensity of hosting private parties at their home inviting persons from outside their household. Once you are caught you will be arrested and you might even end up in quarantine at Baldy Beacon so try stay away from that."
