Utila Mayor 2020-03-19 Update 2

Summary of Facebook Live Chat by Troy Bodden Sr. at 2020-03-19 16:45

Medicine

• Utila is buying a stock of medication
• Came in Thursday 2020-03-19 evening

Preparations

• Two classrooms at Alton’s school
• Just in case we need to isolate patients

Food

• Have purchased a large stock of basic food for municipal storage
• In case boats can’t run
• Chicken
• Beans
• Rice
• Flour
• Spaghetti

Store Pricing

• Have seen complaints of raising prices
• This is breaking the law, don’t do it

Alcohol

• Alcohol sales have been completely banned. There are no exceptions.
• Were flexible, but there have been parties which have had to send the police to break up as there were too many people.

Cargo

• Protocol to follow between the three islands
• Boat captains have copies, also posted to municipal website

Curfew

• We need to get a lot stricter on this as people are still diving and going up to Pumpkin Hill
• Everyone needs to stay in their home or hotel, stay off the street
• Please act responsibly as it’s getting way more serious

Doctors

• 2 suspected new cases of COVID-19
• Detected today, have been isolated
• Very important that you stay home and do not go out
• Sample will be sent to Tegucigalpa and we’ll have a result in 48 hours.