| The Superflu Came to Belize in Early January |
| Wed, February 18, 2026 |
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| In other health news….At the beginning of the year the flu bug was making its rounds in homes, schools and in offices. And when we spoke with the director of Public Health & Wellness today she revealed that they did see an increase in an influenza strain in Belize that was also spreading in the US and Canada. Dr Diaz Musa says that the ministry does still provide extensive testing for these viruses and with that they also have vaccines available. She gave us more details on that today.
Dr Melissa Diaz Musa, Director of Public Health & Wellness
"In January we saw an increase in H2N3 which is an influenza virus and that is the subtype of the virus that was the one that was spreading in the United States in Canada in different areas and we are able to test at the central medical lab again we test for Influenza A, Influenza B, Covid and many of the other viral infections the recent report shows that it has become now stagnant and hopefully we will see a fall in this I also want to take this opportunity to say that we also have the flu vaccine available at every health facility, private and public and the pneumococcal vaccine that helps to prevent pneumonias and other diseases in children and adults so I encourage you all to go out and get this as soon as possible."
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