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Last night we told you about the slightly puzzling story of an article appearing in a Canadian Newspaper article discussing Belize’s current COVID-free status.

The article claimed that technology is at the forefront of Belize’s COVID-19 efforts. It claims that a secret weapon developed locally, which drove decisions on a day-to-day basis.  

It goes on to say that quote: "a small group of software developers, statisticians and health professionals got together and designed their own in-house tracking, tracing and reporting platform for Covid19, possibly one of the earliest such integrated efforts in the Americas." End quote. 

Well, we weren’t sure if it was science or spin, but today The Health Ministry’s Director of Epidemiology Unit took a few moments on Ask the Experts to pay respects to the big effort that the Statistical Institute of Belize has been providing in the local fight against the coronavirus.

Here’s how Dr. Russell Manzanero described the big technological aid that the Statistical Institute of Belize provided to the Ministry of Health: