The person, who attempted to poison almost two thousand residents of San Vicente Village, Toledo District sometime between Sunday night and Monday morning last week, has still not been arrested. [...]
As many as eight hundred and seventy-nine residents of Orange Walk District are benefiting from medical care provided by the United States Southern Command’s Joint Task Force. At the conclusion [...]
The Ministry of Health and Wellness is making certain safety recommendations to schools in light of the increase in COVID-19 cases. The ministry is not recommending that schools close for [...]
Belize is facing a new wave of COVID-19 infections and the ministry is stepping up its surveillance efforts. As of Wednesday evening, over six hundred active COVID-19 cases were being [...]
In less than seven days, the National Agriculture and Trade Show Grounds in Belmopan is expected to draw a multitude of visitors from across the country for three days of [...]
San Vicente residents now have safe potable water to use. Dr. Diaz-Musa confirmed that health inspectors visited the community and have given the all clear. Dr. Melissa Diaz-Musa, Director [...]
One of the most important questions on the minds of Belizeans at this time has to do with the severity of the Omicron BA.2 variant. To get some insight on [...]
Dr. Cuellar also chimed in on the matter of public events. He, too, is not against these events being hosted. Dr. Cuellar is of the view that the economy must [...]
Dr. Cuellar also recommended that more Belizeans take advantage of vaccines and booster shots. While there is an expectation that COVID-19 cases will increase over the weeks to come, Dr. [...]
Today, News Five spoke with Principal Public Health Inspector John Bodden about the situation in San Vicente Village, Toledo where six residents had to be hospitalized after ingesting poison that [...]
Anybody exhibiting symptoms such as vomiting, shortness of breath, headache, diarrhea or cramps are asked to access the nearest medical facility for treatment. The principal public health inspector says that [...]
The Pan American Health Organization has issued some alarming data about the rise in COVID-19 infections and deaths across the region. PAHO held a press conference today where it sought [...]
Dr. Etienne says the rise in cases should be a wakeup call for countries across the region. She suggests that people remain masked up and keep their social distance practices, [...]
School closure as a result of the COVID pandemic has had a significant impact on the learning capacity of children in the Caribbean. Today, the World Bank joined regional officials [...]
Six residents of San Vicente Village in Toledo are hospitalized and are being monitored in Punta Gorda after they began exhibiting symptoms of being poisoned. Today, C.E.O. in the Ministry [...]
Today, personnel from the ministry are on the ground in San Vicente Village monitoring and assessing the situation and providing clean and safe water to the residents. The Ministry of [...]
Measure Your Blood Pressure Accurately, Control It, Live Longer” – it’s the theme for this year’s World Hypertension Day, which is observed annually on May seventeenth. In an effort to raise [...]
Generally, the standard for “normal” blood pressure is one-twenty over eighty. But the data shows that high blood pressure is one of the main risk factors for heart disease. Referred to [...]
Nurses Week ended with a scare that sent the medical staff at the K.H.M.H., as well as dozens of patients, scrambling for safety. Patients in wheelchairs, some in beds still [...]
But who could have made such a threat on the poor man’s hospital that provides tertiary care medical treatment to the entire country? Doctor Andre Sosa, the Chair of the [...]
According to Doctor Andre Sosa, the incident, while callous, is being taken as an opportunity for the institution to test its capacity to manage in the case of a natural [...]
This week was celebrated as Nurses’ Week, under the theme “Nurses: A Voice to Lead-Invest in Nursing and Respect Rights to Secure Global Health. In the house today, Kevin Bernard, [...]
World leaders today participated in the second Global COVID-19 Summit, convened by United States President Joe Biden. At the event, Prime Minister John Briceño, as CARICOM Chair, spoke about the [...]
Briceño called on everyone to apply what we know works in combating the COVID spread, pointing to the crippling effects the virus has had on the regional economy. Prime [...]
The COVID-19 positivity rate has more than doubled in the last four days. Health experts are monitoring the number of positive results from the tests administered daily, in order to [...]
