Commissioner of Police Gary Griffith has warned citizens that lawmen have the authority to enter their homes without warrants, through section 133 of the Public Health Ordinance. The clause, according to Griffith, gives police to right to ‘enter any land or building to save lives’. The Trinidad and Tobago Police …

The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service arrested 16 persons this morning under the Public Health (2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-Cov) Regulations, in what was described as a ‘Covid-19 quarantine party’ at the Alicia’s Guest House in Cascade. The arrests were made at around 12.30am. Half of the persons held were Venezuelan—seven …

Commissioner of Police Gary Griffith described the Ministry of National Security’s latest initiative, which will put security guards from four firms into residential neighbourhoods, as a state-sponsored ‘community watch’. This afternoon, a National Security release declared that the government has hired four private security firms to ‘provide mobile security patrol …

Trinidad and Tobago’s tally of persons infected by the novel coronavirus Covid-19 now stands at 107, after one more person tested positive today. The patient, according to a release from the Ministry of Health, was a ‘contact of a Covid-19 positive patient’. At present, the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) …

Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh is encouraging private labs to be certified by the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), so they can begin doing valid tests for Covid-19. Validated private labs must report cases directly to the chief medical officer, so as to contribute to a national database, and can be …

Trinidad and Tobago has already waved goodbye to overseas travel, doubles, river and beach limes, cinemas, night clubs, bars, betting shops and church. Next on the chopping block is chicken and chips, pizza and any other type of restaurant fare. It is, Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley stressed today, the …

An elderly male with a pre-existing medical condition has become Tobago’s first Covid-19 related fatality, as Trinidad and Tobago’s death toll from the novel coronavirus climbed to seven. The Ministry of Health confirmed the death this morning along with an additional positive test. The source of the new confirmed case …

Trinidad and Tobago’s tally of persons infected by the novel coronavirus Covid-19 now stands at 103, after two more persons tested positive today. Both patients, according to a release from the Ministry of Health, were ‘close contacts of Covid-19 positive patients’. At present, the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) has …

Trinidad and Tobago now has 100 confirmed Covid-19 cases. The Ministry of Health revealed the figure this morning, after two ‘close contacts of a Covid-19 patient’ tested positive last night. As of this morning, the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) tested 722 samples. There have been six deaths related to …

National Security Minister Stuart Young confirmed today that Trinidad and Tobago’s borders as well as bars, clubs, theatres, betting houses, churches and dining-in areas at restaurants will remain closed until 30 April 2020. Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh made the amendment to the Public Health [2019 Novel Coronavirus] Regulations yesterday. The …

For the first time, the Ministry of Health said it was stumped about a deceased patient as Trinidad and Tobago suffered its sixth fatality today from the novel coronavirus Covid-19. A release tonight revealed that ‘further epidemiological investigation [is] required’ about the deceased since ‘information was not available from the …

Trinidad and Tobago had four more confirmed cases of new coronavirus Covid-19 today, which brings the total figure to 94 from 638 samples tested by the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA). There have been five deaths and one discharge so far. The Ministry of Health said two of today’s four …