Utila Municipality 2020-07-02
General Updates
Spanish and English intermixed.
English at:
- 11:00-13:00: Doctor
- 14:40-15:40: Mayor
- 17:20-19:05: Vice Mayor
- 21:45-24:30: Mayor
MAIZ:
- Have kits on the island
- Only for those who already have COVID-19
- Do not take this without medical assistance, it will not stop you from getting COVID-19
Protocol for treating those with COVID-19
- More information will be published in the next few days
- Special care for those with respiratory signs or symptoms
- Provide better control for those who may have COVID-19
- Reduces exposure for the general community
- Depending on the case, may treat at home or at Alton’s school
- There will be a triage center operating to attempt to keep those who potentially have COVID-19 separated from those who do not
Oxygen Tanks:
- If you have empty oxygen tanks, the municipality would like to borrow them
- Tanks will be shipped to the mainland and filled at no charge for use by the municipality
- UDC has lent 3 tanks already
Virtual education:
- Donated internet has been run into Camponado so that the children there can receive virtual classes.
COVID-19:
- Going to be hard to keep it off the island
- Utila is the last of the Bay Islands without it
- If we’re not careful, it will come to the island
Minimising Medical Incidents:
- Please be patient, try and avoid getting hurt
- Be as careful as you can be on vehicles and at work/home
- Want to avoid having to send people off to the mainland and then bring them back through quarantine
- Quarantine is getting harder, costs of energy and water are significant
- Water on the Keys is getting low, when the tanks are empty won’t be able to use the Keys any more
- If you see anything that could cause trouble, please inform the municipality