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Compol Says Placencia Cops Had PPE's
posted (July 2, 2020)

Last night we told you about the concerns surrounding the Honduran border jumper who became Covid case #24 for Belize. He's one from that group of three fishermen we told you about earlier in the month. They were caught on the night of June the sixth in a group of three fishing illegally at the Gladden Spit marine reserve.

His positive test came up on June 26th, which is almost 21 days after he was first caught.

Public health workers are on a contact tracing exercise to test all persons he may have come in contact with. That started with the marine rangers from SEA, the Southern Environmental Alliance and other security personnel who detained him on the waters.

But, there are concerns also about Placencia police who may have been exposed when the three men were taken to the village police station on the night of their arrest and held there for at least 12 hours.

The Commissioner says police there wore PPE's:

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