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And in medical news - on Tuesday we told you about the norovirus that's causing so many Belizeans to have "bad bellies" throughout the festive season. Well, Doctor Marvin Manzanero says that doctors are also seeing a lot of upper respiratory tract infections:
Dr Marvin Manzanero, Internist/Bioethicist
"Some patients are showing up with the classic signs and symptoms of Covid. I know some patients have lost their sense of taste and smell. But I think what we are seeing, what I'm seeing, some patients have had to be hospitalized because of pneumonias, bacterial, which came as a result, after the after the viral infection. But I think what is important is patients are having this persistent cough that has lingered for days or weeks. So that's a reason why people are coming to the outpatient department."
"But we are seeing cases. Yeah. As expected. You know, we are closer together. We are sneezing into each other's face, enclosed spaces, the things we knew or are grilled four years ago. We have kind of let our guard down in that regard."
"But we are seeing older adults, diabetics, people who have high blood pressure, stroke survivors are showing up and having to be hospitalized because of complicated upper respiratory tract infection."
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