And so while there is generally encouraging news about the COVID
patients, many were discouraged when we reported last night that Belize
had turned down the donation of more than ten thousand COVID test kits.
As we reported, the kits were donated by South Korea to SICA, for all
Central American Nations, but Belize turned them down because of a
compatibility issue.
This morning on “Despierta Belice†on CTV-3 in Orange Walk, the Leader
of the Opposition said both he and the Prime Minister were shocked to
learn of it:
Hon. John Briceno - Leader of the Opposition
"So, I think we need to talk to them, call them up immediately and tell
them hey, we do want these kits. We could get 15 thousand, 10 thousand,
if we could get 5 thousand of these kits right now, I think they are
going to be distributing it through Honduras, it's going to make a
massive difference. I think and I mentioned it to the prime minister
and that caught him by surprise, he said he was unaware of that. So he
is going to be getting in touch with the secretary general of SICA to
find out what happened and to see it's not too late."
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