Governor Silvestri 2020-06-29

Summary of Facebook Live Chat by Governor Silvestri at 2020-06-29 08:30

Starts at 03:00

The Spanish transmission can be found here

COVID-19 Testing and Treatment

Cases:

• 108 total positive
  • 8 new ones today
• 19 in Guanaja, but no PCR confirmation
  • A care package with MAIZ and PPE is being organised
  • Masks will be sent to them once the shipment arrives in the Bay Islands from central government
• 3 recovered, including patient zero
  • These people have received PCR tests to confirm
• Not sure how many tests are outstanding right now

MAIZ:

• Everything being sent to Guanaja is being funded out of the Bay Islands relief donations
• Pharmacies also sell it

Travel and Immigration

Charter planes:

• There are lots of companies that do this, reach out to them

General

New orders from central government:

• None of the Bay Islands is in region 3
  • The rules about license plates do not apply to us
  • We are still using the last digit of IDs

Community outreach group

• Reach out to all the patronatos (community boards)
• Aim to solve problem of sharing information with those who don’t have internet access
  • Specifically:
    • How COVID-19 spreads and how to stop it
    • Allow community leaders to inform the government where there are suspected cases so they can be tested and treated

Lockdown:

• No lockdown approved
• There will be ample time to get groceries etc if it is approved
• The governor is not aware of any vote about doing a lockdown in the near future

Police incidents:

• These are being investigated
• If you are pulled over, politely ask for the name of the officer
• There are currently 150 police officers in Roatan since the reinforcements arrived

RECO bills:

• March, April and May will be billed in October
• June has to be paid and that will be charged tomorrow
• Governors team will work to get an english translation of the RECO press release