Health

The government reinstated four measures today meant to flatten the curve of Covid-19 infections, as Trinidad and Tobago reels from its highest surge of the novel coronavirus since August 2020. Minister of Health Terrence Deyalsingh announced that all gatherings for entertainment and concerts are now outlawed, while the public service …

The Ministry of Health continues to assert that no one who has received the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine in Trinidad and Tobago has had any serious side effect. “At this point in time, after administering over 16,000 vaccines, [the ministry] has no recorded adverse events,” principal medical officer Dr Maryam Abool-Richards said …

The Ministry of Health has reported that the P1 variant of the Sars-Cov-2 virus—the so-called Brazil variant—has been detected in a local Covid-19 positive patient. In a statement to the media, the ministry said that the sample came from the Nariva/Mayaro County and was sequenced at the University of the …

Trinidad and Tobago suffered three additional deaths related to the Covid-19 virus over the past 24 hours and set a new record for infections in 2021, with 134 positives.  It is the third time in the last five days that the government revealed a new high in infections, after the …

Trinidad and Tobago heads into the weekend having recorded 360 new cases of Covid-19 so far this week. That is more than the total number of cases recorded in all of March 2021 (313) and February 2021 (135). The 652 cases confirmed in the first half of April is just …

This morning, Minister of Health Terrence Deyalsingh said that yesterday’s 70 confirmed cases of Covid-19 were a ‘recent record’ for Trinidad and Tobago. The unwelcome record was broken within hours. This evening, the Ministry of Health reported 85 new cases of Covid-19. This figure is the highest number of cases …

Chief medical officer (CMO) Dr Roshan Parasram said that the benefits of taking the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine far outweighed the risk of blood clots linked to the vaccine, which he said was rare. “In terms of incidence what they’ve noted in the international population, it’s anywhere between four out of a …

Minister of Health Terrence Deyalsingh announced this morning that in-house dining and beaches are now prohibited while the number of public gatherings is reduced from 10 to five persons, as the government responds to a 1,100% increase in Covid-19 infections from the first week of March. At present, Trinidad and …

The following is a press statement from the Ministry of Foreign and Caricom Affairs: On Tuesday 13 April 2021, 40,000 doses of Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines arrived in Trinidad and Tobago. This was as a result of the gracious response from the Honourable Narendra Modi, prime minister of the Republic of …

The Ministry of Health has denounced a Trinidad Express editorial as ‘misinformation’ after the newspaper criticised the government for not testing people who were in contact with Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley during the two weeks prior to his positive test for Covid-19. The editorial, which was published today, quoted …

Despite months of preparation for the rollout of the Ministry of Health’s vaccination programme, health officials are struggling to manage the volume of requests for vaccines. Principal medical officer, Dr Maryam Abdool Richards, said: “We have received concerns from members of the population regarding the time taken to reach the …

The Ministry of Education announced that only students in forms four to six will be returning to physical classes when the new school term starts on 12 April. Of those students, the ministry further specifies that they can only report for school for practical subject components like School-Based Assessments (SBAs). …