WHO together with the Ministry of Health in Belize provided community volunteers with key information and skills to enhance their contribution as part of the local community network in the prevention and control of COVID-19. The training sessions included presentations on infection prevention and control strategies (hygiene, visitor control, bathing and toilet facilities, food, waste disposal, no smoking policy), managing of quarantine centers, circulation flow of persons, and use of various communication channels along with practical exercises to demonstrate the proper use and wearing of masks and gloves.
PAHO/WHO Belize also donated an additional three (3) testing kits of 96 reactions used to detect the virus to the Central Medical Laboratory of the Ministry of Health, and continues to support the country in procuring the necessary equipment and materials to assist in the public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic.