| Positive Cases Include Two Doctors |
| Fri, August 7, 2020 |
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| So, the footprint of infection seems to be expanding, and last night's new record of 28 positive cases also pointed to cases in Belize City, Belmopan and San Ignacio.
There was one new case in San Ignacio associated to illegal entry, one case in Belmopan from apparent travel to San Pedro, 3 more cases in the Northern Region, 2 in Santa Marta and one in Orange Walk, and 20 new cases in San Pedro, two of them coming out a a church gathering, and 10 of them related to cluster #1 - who's the expatriate female with a prominent name. Her partner is believed to be the index cases on the island.
And while the numbers now lead a dizzying dance, one arresting fact is that frontline workers, including doctors and nurses are also now showing up with positive cases. DHS Marvin Manzanero explained.
Dr. Marvin Manzanero, Director of Health Services
"We have now 8 at least, that's 10% of the total cases are what you would consider frontline wrokers that we know of based on the data we have. We all know that there is 3 police officers, we now have 5 healthcare workers that are positive; 2 nurses and 3 doctors, but not all persons seem to have gotten infected in the line of duty and the reason why I am saying this is because we need to continue to underscore the relevance of exercising precautions when you are out in public, not just for frontline personnel, but for everybody else."
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