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Mar 12, 2021
Exception Made, Ambassador Jose Alpuche Also Gets Vaccinated
But are people jumping the queue? The first phase of the vaccination rollout plan was for frontline healthcare workers from COVID-19 units. It also included persons sixty years old and over as well as persons who are HIV positive and dialysis and cancer patients. So when we saw recently appointed Belizean Ambassador to Guatemala Jose Alpuche get his vaccine, we asked if some special reservation was made just for him. Here’s how Minister Chebat explains it.
Michel Chebat, Minister of Health & Wellness
“He’s leaving the country shortly to take up his position in Guatemala as our ambassador and he did ask the Ministry of Health and Wellness for permission to be vaccinated before he left the country.”
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Feb 22, 2021
Melissa Diaz-Musa
Doctor Melissa Diaz-Musa is the B.M.D.A.’s choice for Director of Health Services, but the glowing endorsement she has received from her colleagues in the medical community may not carry much weight. That’s because the decision to replace Doctor Marvin Manzanero in that capacity does not lie with the Belize Medical and Dental Association. In fact, it’s a decision reserved for the Public Service Commission’s job reclassification unit. In a letter to Minister of Health and Wellness Michel Chebat, the B.M.D.A. expressed its satisfaction with the work that Doctor Diaz-Musa has done as Acting D.H.S. The association cites a number of achievements that Doctor Diaz-Musa has accomplished in the fight against COVID-19, including greater access to personal protective equipment for doctors on the frontline. Prime Minister John Briceño has since chimed in on the administrative logjam that has Doctor Manzanero fighting to retain his pos