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The Quarantine Club
posted (March 31, 2020)
And while that 38 year old is allowed to self isolate at home, any Belizean re-entering the country at this time - now faces a mandatory quarantine at a Ministry of Health site. Manzanero says they have had a surprising number willingly going into å two week quarantine at the northern border:

Reporter
"What is the stream of returning Belizeans even now?"

Dr. Marvin Manzanero- Director of Health Services, MOH
"It's fluctuating. I guess immigration has a better grasp of counting all those but it's significant. I didn't know so many Belizeans were out but even on the weekend we had at least 9 people coming back home per day."

Reporter
"On a daily basis?"

Dr. Marvin Manzanero
"Up to yesterday I think even the quarantine facility in Corozal was almost full this morning, where people ARE placed inside of mandatory quarantine. So, we are looking for another facility."

Reporter
"How many people do we currently have under quarantine."

Dr. Marvin Manzanero
"That's a significant amount. It is more than a hundred. Remember we have been doing this since January, so I think it is more. Close to five hundred people. There were people who came in yesterday and were willing. They said put me up for two weeks, we understand what we are going through. So, it's on a case by case basis."

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