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Jan 28, 2021
Maya Island Air Installs COVID Testing Clinic at San Pedro Location
With the new U.S. travel regulations that came into effect on January twenty-sixth, all persons entering the United States must present negative test results. Local airline Maya Island Air has taken up the challenge of installing COVID-19 Testing Clinics at its locations across the country. Over the weekend, the Caring Hands Clinic – Antigen Test Center was officially opened for services on Ambergris Caye. News Five’s Duane Moody reports from San Pedro Town.
Duane Moody, Reporting
In San Pedro, visitors to the island who are in the process of returning to their countries of origin can now breathe a sigh of relief when it comes to acquiring the requisite COVID-19 test needed to board their flights. Maya Island Air has taken on the initiative of installing antigen test centres at its locations across the country. Since January twenty-second, they opened Caring Hands Clinic.
Dec 24, 2020
Ingrid Vega
It was an emotional moment for the family of Ingrid Vega, who was officially released from Belize Healthcare Partners Limited today. Ingrid is the wife of COVID-19 victim and former Corozal Bay area rep David “Dido” Vega, who died of complications related to the deadly virus on the morning of December eleventh, having been hospitalized at the private facility for almost a week. Ingrid’s release from the COVID Unit comes after thirteen days of hospitalization and seven days of mechanical ventilation. Around twelve-thirty today, after all paper works were concluded, she was wheeled out of the unit, still on oxygen and into a waiting SUV. The medical staff, dressed in their personal protective gears, escorted Ingrid to her family, who had not been able to see her for the past three weeks. Having beaten what is considered the most difficult stage of the virus, it’s a bitter sweet moment for Ingrid because while she returns home to self-isola
Ingrid and David Vega
It has been a very unfortunate past few days when it comes to the ever-increasing number of COVID-19 related fatalities. On Monday, December 14, 2020, Hon. David “Dido” Vega, 47, was laid to rest in an Official Funeral held in his home town of Corozal. Just days prior, on the morning of Friday, December 11, he succumbed to COVID-19 related complications at Belize Healthcare Partners Limited in Belize City. It was there that he spent his last week battling the disease since his health had begun to decline quite rapidly. His death was a somber occurrence on Friday especially since it was the day that the recently elected P.U.P. Corozal Bay area representative would have been officially sworn into the House of Representatives. Adding to the solemn mood was the news that Ingrid Vega, the wife of the late area representative, is now hospitalized herself. Just one day following her husband’s untimely passing, she was rushed to Healthcare Partners, also for COVI