And perhaps the most pressing reason to get vaxxed is the diminishing likelihood of hospitalization. Today the Minister of Health said that such an effort protects not just the citizens but the statewide healthcare system.
And this afternoon he explained just how the unvaccinated are taxing essential services at the KHMH.
Hon. Michel Chebat, Minister of Health
"All of our hospitals have what we call surge areas and so depending from hospital to hospital there's a limit on the amount of beds you have rearing from 10 to 30 beds depending where you are but what happens when the hospitals become overburdened with COVID cases then we have to stop giving the other services, the other medical services, because then the other wards have to be incorporated to attend to the patients who have COVID and so again it is a burden on our health system and I am again pleading to the Belizean public, please come out and get vaccinated, please observe the health measures, wear your mask, wash your hands observe the six feet distance this is to save your life and the lives of your families."
