Today the Minister of Agriculture said they continue to work with BLPA BAHA, OIRSA and others to keep our numbers down. He says that a regional meeting will take place soon with other countries:...

Jose Mai, Minister of Agriculture
"Our first case was on the 27th of December 2024 to date we have a little above 50 or so cases of screwworms, Mexico was infected five weeks before Belize but they have close to 600 cases in Mexico so we are doing a good job in trying to contain the spread of screw worms across the country. It is also important to note that Belize is I think the only country that has not been dispersed with sterile flies. The sterile flies belong to the US government and for some reason or the other they refuse to disperse sterile flies over Belize so while we have no sterile flies we have all power on the ground. We have done a wonderful job in trying to contain the spread of the screw worms. We meet in El Salvador on Saturday to discuss the plan, the regional plan for screwworms. We have a huge budget for the region, which will include all Central American countries to try to eradicate screwworms from Mexico all the way up to I think Panama again. This is the second time in 30 years we are doing this eradication program."