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Ebola Quarantine Structures and Areas To Be Identified
Fri, October 17, 2014
And a quarantine area will also be set up at the Phillip Goldson International - particularly for any visitor arrive from Dallas Forth Worth, which has direct flights to Belize.

The Prime Minister also announced the establishment of a quarantine area in Belie City:..

Hon. Dean Barrow, Prime Minister
"We are looking at the possibility of the Cleopatra White; two rooms there being converted. We don't want to simply stand down the services there, but in the meantime two rooms are being prepared and if we had to use it then of course all those services would be cut off there. Looking at in the context of the BDF Price Barracks area at some place where we could put another of the Mennonite houses in case we had to move somebody from the airport presenting the symptoms to that spot. But at the airport itself, one of the Mennonite houses will be in fact put on site so that there is an immediate quarantine area for any further screening that might be necessary - if somebody looks a little bit suspicious."

Dr. Ramon Figueroa, Director of Planning & Policy Analysis Unit
"Certainly we're looking at ensuring that the facilities we are identifying meet the standards for quarantine and isolation. And that is why when the Prime Minster asked us today how quick could we have that set up, although I wanted to say within a day or two, reasonably it will take us at least a week or more to get everything in place."

And so now while everyone's talking and on the same page or getting there - one week ago - when the Ministry of Health held a press conference, it was like Babel - with everyone talking their own language.

The point that yesterday's event has crystallized and galvanized the public sector strategy for Ebola didn't go un-noticed today:..

Dr. Peter Allen, Chief Executive Officer, Ministry of Health
"We take this particular opportunity now to shift this public health issue to the very top of the priority list. So NEMO has now been engaged and all of those representatives are meeting on Monday morning to strengthen that cohesion between the different agencies."

That meeting will be held on Monday.

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