That swabbing is what led to the detection of case #24, a Honduran border jumper, or maybe in his case, maybe a border surfer, because he was caught at sea.
COVID positive case #24 was detected on Friday when 87 samples were processed. The Director of Health Services says he is a Honduran national who had been caught in Belizean waters and is currently under mandatory quarantine in Dangriga. The person is asymptomatic.
Now, what's interesting is that the only Hondurans we were aware of who were caught in Belizean waters were a trio of fishermen caught doing illegal fishing at Gladden Spit three weeks ago. But, we cannot say if this case #24 is from that group.
Friday's round of test tests also included a second negative test for those repatriates completing their 14 day quarantine, and they were released on Friday.
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