Governor Silvestri 2020-06-06
Summary of Facebook Live Chat by Governor Silvestri at 2020-06-06 08:30
Starts at 02:00
The Spanish transmission can be found here
Reopening
Week starting Monday June 8:
- Mon-Fri 07:00 - 17:00
- Shorter than before, but now dictated by central government instead of local government
- Sat/Sun closed, no circulation
- Groceries, pharmacies, restaurants can do deliveries on the weekend
- Still using ID digit system restricting who can go out
- There will be a document over the weekend which tells us which number will be used on Monday. It will probably be 6 as last week was 1-5.
- Yes, this means that if your household has different numbers each member can only go to restaurants on their allocated day.
- Region 1:
- Guanaja
- Santos Guardiola
- Utila
- 60% of the workforce can go back to work
- Region 2:
- Roatan:
- 40% of the workforce can go back to work
- Regions are defined based on population density
- Workers can travel to work on any day (including weekends) with a salvo conducto
- National police are enforcing these laws
Visiting the doctor for a medical appointment:
- That’s a medical emergency, you’re free to go
Staged opening details:
- Things are changing too much right now to know for sure, will let us know as they learn more
- Government has the full plan. It hasn’t yet been approved yet but will be shared as soon as it is.
Differences in previous and current rules:
- Previous was done by local government, this is being done by central government
Churches:
- Same hours as everyone else, Mon-Fri 07:00 - 17:00
Flights:
- Needs to be negotiated with the airlines
Government offices:
- Some will be open this week
- National registry is planning to be open
- Governors page will list government offices as they do open
Businesses:
- Any business can be open 07:00 - 17:00 as long as following biosecurity measures
- Employees can be home by 18:00
- Close business by 17:00, staff can go home after that
- Employees need to be in uniform
- Concerns about the viability of opening with only 10% of the population should be sent to the central government (for example, via their Facebook pages).
- Chamber of tourism has been very helpful in getting salvo conducto, especially for those who don’t speak Spanish
- Salvo conducto are only required for staff so that they can avoid arguments with police while traveling to and from work
School:
- Not sure yet
COVID-19
COVID-19 Cases:
- Only one case confirmed at this time
- This person is asymptomatic, they seem healthy even though they’re sick and can spread COVID-19
- He is still in quarantine
- Several suspected cases
- Don’t count towards final numbers until PCR confirmation
- Taking precautions (quarantine) for anyone who comes positive via rapid response
COVID-19 Treatment:
- MAIZ:
- Low to medium symptoms
- Microdacyn, Azithromycin, Ivermectina and Zinc
- Catracho:
- Medium to severe symptoms, those who need to go to hospital
- Colchicine, Anti-inflammatory, Toz tocilizumab, Ivermectin, Anticoagulant, Chloroquine or hydroxychloroquine , High flow O2 (high flow oxygen) and Pronation.
- These protocols are speculative, but it’s what we have today
- Only to be used as needed and safe (e.g. not heart patients)
- Treatment hotline: +504-8820-2444
- Anyone can call this if you have symptoms, don’t have to be Honduran
- Need to start treatment as soon as possible if it’s possible you might have COVID-19
Outstanding tests:
- Last batch of 7 all came back negative
- More (governor can’t remember how many) have been sent for verification
- See the federal government press releases for updated numbers
Getting definite PCR result:
- Only two labs, sometimes 3 days sometimes a week
- 2,500 outstanding tests across country
Ventilators and respiratory therapists:
- 1 therapist on Roatan
- VPAP machines, most of which will be at the COVID-19 treatment center and
hospital
- Private sector also has ventilators
- Machines will also be available to other islands as needed
- The machines are very portable and easy to move between islands
- More machines arriving next Friday
Quarantine:
- 5-6 centers running
- Lots of people (governor won’t say how many) in quarantine today
- Hotel:
- Not owned by governor, no affiliation
- Owned by a foreigner
- Those who could not afford the hotel have been quarantined in a place that is providing them free quarantine
- People are finishing their time in quarantine and getting out
- The person who tested positive is still being held for safety
- Once the islands have completely opened up, the idea is that people will be
able to quarantine at home
- This will be officially answered once the plan is finalised
Roatan hospitals COVID-19 ready:
- One public hospital, it’s as ready as can be
- Private hospitals are all COVID-19 ready
- COVID-19 Treatment Center will be the main place those with COVID-19 are
treated
- The center has 30 beds and the ability to have 30 more added
Travel
July:
- 15 July is when whole country will be open
- Border is a different topic and expectations are constantly changing
- Airport and cruise ships don’t have dates yet
- Won’t announce dates for people to come in until sure it’s going to happen to avoid people getting disappointed by canceled travel plans.
- Once dates are known, will share widely in order to attract international tourism
Returning islanders:
- Next trip is being planned for soon, meeting on Monday to put the list together
- Goal is to get all islanders back before opening
- People can enter Guanaja and Utila, each municipality has its own procedures for allowing returning islanders and putting them through quarantine
- Property owners will be able to return before tourists but after islanders
Visas:
- When immigration opens you’ll be able to renew.
- No charges or need to renew your visa until crisis is over
Flights to Grand Cayman:
- No flights to the Cayman Islands
- Cayman to Honduras repatriation operation is also suspended
Utila to Roatan medical transport:
- People are only being transported to Roatan for medical treatment if Roatan has the capability to treat them.
- Pregnant lady was attended to in the Roatan hospital recently, as an example
- Those with COVID-19 will all be transported to Roatan as that’s where the treatment center is
- Quarantine is being handled on an island by island basis
Flights into Honduras:
- Situation changes all the time
- Airlines frequently put up flights and then remove them when the authorisation is not given
- Need to wait until we have the official date
General
Donation of machines:
- VPAP machines donated this week, can be converted to ventilators
- This type of machine is used in New York
Information about islands other than Roatan:
- No one in local government is giving the governor any information
- Ask the municipal authorities to communicate
- Governor has agreed to intercede for Utila
Spray Tunnels:
- Press release by mayors office which says they are not required, you can show this.
Post office:
- The post office is open
Enforcing all businesses checking numbers, not just banks:
- Governor suggests this is currently beyond their capabilities to enforce