Governor Silvestri 2020-09-25

Summary of Facebook Live Chat by Governor Silvestri at 2020-09-25 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 80 from Thursday
  • 1,315 confirmed cases total
    • 90 new cases
    • 151 recovered
    • 17 deaths confirmed
    • 1,147 active cases
• 175 currently outstanding tests
  • Started with 175 pending tests before the press release
  • 105 processed
  • 105 new kits sent for testing

Hospitalisation:

• Total of 58 hospitalised patients in Roatan
  • 18 in the hospital
  • 40 in the COVID center
• Peak was 67 hospitalised, so things look to be improving
• No information for Guanaja or Utila
• Does not include private hospital numbers as these have not been supplied to the governor

Triage centers:

• 3 new triage centers up and running on Roatan
  • Coxen Hole, in the community of Willy Warren. It’s in the Santos Guardiola institute. For the people of:
    • Flowers Bay
    • Coxen Hole
    • French Harbour
    • Los Fuertes
  • Sandy Bay, at the Modelo school. For the people of:
    • Sandy Bay
    • West End
    • West Bay
    • North Side, including: Crawfish Rock, Corozal, Hottest Sparrow, Mud Hole
  • Oakridge, in the Marco Releo school, close the mayors office of Santos Guardiola
• Another is being setup in Guanaja
• These are places for people to get tested and evaluated by a doctor. The sick can then be referred to the COVID-19 center. They also have oxygen so they can stabilise people if necessary.
• Aim is to provide better attention and shorter lines. It also allows the hospital to focus on those who need hospitalisation.

Pocket PCR:

• Ran out of reactive, are currently in the process of purchasing more
• Machine is still on Roatan and will be used once the supplies arrive

Travel and Immigration

United Airlines:

• Not yet flying to Roatan
• No dates yet on when they’ll start again

Air Transat:

• Flights are being cancelled and pushed back into December
• Airlines are saying that the two week quarantine required by Canada on return is their main concern
  • There is some talk about this changing in early October

Other airlines:

• Scheduling flights to Roatan is up to the airlines

Travel to Utila:

• Having a negative COVID-19 test to present is the only requirement

General

Movement:

• 2 digit system is in effect until at least next Sunday

Visit of the president:

• This was to roll out the new triage centers

The broken ambulance has been repaired by RECO

Oxygen tanks:

• 200 provided by central government
• 4 volunteers moving oxygen tanks to the cargo boats for refills
  • Please contact the governor if you’d like to assist
• Government vehicles are busy moving people to the hospital and COVID-19 center, so volunteers to help move tanks are appreciated.