Yesterday on Ask The Experts, Director of Health Services Dr. Marvin Manzanero discussed the outbreak in these frontline security and health personnel.
Dr. Marvin Manzanero - Director of Health Services
"The issue with the group of BDF soldiers who have been stationed in Orange Walk. Some of the numbers that you saw there, it's at least 27 from that group that was stationed in Orange Walk turned positive, from that BD group, just so that you're aware. The majority of them are being quarantined now - I am told - in Belmopan. But, up to about 60 of those had actually been swabbed, but 27 of them have been confirmed to be positive, and they are being isolated elsewhere. We have also 14 police officers who are currently listed as active cases of sars COVID-2, and I'm not so sure if that entails or include the 3 new officers from a specific group in the Cayo District that turned out positive this morning. That's exposure [of] frontline workers, and we also have 4 healthcare workers that are currently having an active case of Sars COVID-2."
