U.S., April 3 -- Belize Prime Minister Rt. Hon. Dean Barrow today announced closure of the country's borders to Belize nationals.

My Fellow Belizeans,

Earlier today, the Ministry of Health's leadership team publicly announced the worrying news of test results having this morning confirmed Belize's fourth case of COVID-19 .

The infected person is from the Cayo District, but up until about 11 days ago, had been traveling to and from Belize City where he worked. He is in isolation at the Western Regional Hospital and the DHS and his team have already commenced their mapping and tracing exercise. Indeed, swabbing of contacts as a prelude to testing has already started; and the exercise includes coverage of the medical professionals involve...