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
- Specifically:
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