Governor Silvestri 2020-09-21

Summary of Facebook Live Chat by Governor Silvestri at 2020-09-21 07:30

Starts at 02:00

The Spanish transmission can be found here

Transmissions are Monday and Friday.

COVID-19 Testing and Treatment

Cases:

• Health Department release 78 from Saturday
  • 1,128 confirmed cases total
    • 67 new cases, there’s a map from Solitur (sp?) which provides case locations
    • 151 recovered
    • 17 deaths confirmed
    • 960 active cases
• 313 currently outstanding tests
  • Started with 268 pending tests
  • 95 processed
  • 140 new kits sent for testing
  • Some of these tests are to check if people have recovered, no indication of how many though

Hospitalisation:

• Total of 64 hospitalised patients in Roatan
  • 22 in the hospital
  • 42 in the COVID center
• Some have been released, but the number has remained stable as new cases come in
• No information for Guanaja or Utila
• Does not include private hospital numbers as these have not been supplied to the governor

Health Workers:

• 64 new health workers coming into the islands
• Supporting COVID-19 center and hospital
• Also setting up new triage centers where people can go to get checked out
• Provide support and a break to the existing doctors

Test kits:

• Have about 300 test kits for PCR machines on the mainland
  • These are the tests that get sent to the mainland for processing
• Not sure how many quick tests remain or whether there is remaining reagents for the pocket

If you got a PCR test done and it needed to be sent to the mainland, you’ll need to contact the health department for results.

• Current expectations are 3-5 days to get results

PCR tests are available from most private labs and hospitals.

• Public sector PCR tests are reserved for those without the financial means to pay for one themselves
• Heath Miller recommends the Pixel by Labcorp for those in the USA

Travel and Immigration

Guides for entry:

• The governors team is creating a guide to help with traveling

COVID-19 Immigration forms:

• Filling these in online just helps the process move faster
• There is no approval or denial, the test result is only approve/deny in this process

There is no estimate for how much longer PCR testing will be required to enter Honduras

General

Thanks to volunteer translators and transcribers (hey, that’s me!). Also thanks to transport companies which have been moving people and equipment at low or no cost.

Circulation:

• 2 digits per day
• Being outside is permitted 06:00-20:00
• Red alert extended to 2020-10-04

Police:

• It’s important to get the police officers name in order to file a report
• It’s easier to get the police officers name if you are respectful
• People cursing at the police is not helping, please be respectful
• Also go to the human rights office and make sure the district attorney if you are having trouble getting your complaint attended to