Tonight, Belize is 53 hours away from a nation-wide state of emergency which goes into effect on Wednesday at midnight. That's the response after the third positive test for COVID 19 came back last night.
It's a game changer because this positive test comes out of Belize City, the country's largest and most densely inhabited population centre. The Prime Minister discussed this "patient 3" in a national address this afternoon.
Rt. Hon. Dean Barrow, Announces Nat'l State of Emergency
"Yesterday, a Belizean that had returned from New York on March 20th, tested positive for the novel Coronavirus. That person claims to have been in self-isolation since his arrival back in Belize and was able to show health workers the contained and separate lower flat of the building in which his claimed isolation took place. The individual, though testing positive, is exhibiting only mild symptoms and is not currently in need of hospitalization."
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