Health Alert: Countrywide (Belize), Carbon Monoxide Risk

Location: Belize, countrywide

Event: U.S. Embassy Belmopan alerts U.S. citizens to the risk of carbon monoxide. Carbon monoxide detectors are not legally required in homes and businesses in Belize. Many hotels and lodgings do not have carbon monoxide detectors. U.S. citizens have suffered adverse effects or died from exposure to carbon monoxide in Belize.

Actions to Take:

• Ask if rooms have carbon monoxide detectors.
• Travel with a portable carbon monoxide detector to check your lodging.
• Read the CDC page on carbon monoxide poisoning for additional information.

Assistance: 

• U.S. Embassy Belmopan, Belize

4 Floral Park Road

Belmopan, Cayo, Belize 

+501 822-4011 

ACSBelize@state.gov  

                https://bz.usembassy.gov

• State Department – Consular Affairs

+1-888-407-4747 or +1-202-501-4444

• Belize Country Information
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