Governor Silvestri 2020-09-25
Summary of Facebook Live Chat by Governor Silvestri at 2020-09-25 07:30
Starts at 02:00
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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
- 1,315 confirmed cases total
- 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
- Coxen Hole, in the community of Willy Warren. It’s in the Santos Guardiola
institute. For the people of:
- 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.