Health

The Ministry of Health reported 25 and 21 new cases of Covid-19 on Saturday and Sunday, which according to epidemiologist Dr Avery Hinds, could signal the beginning of a new rise in positive cases. The numbers recorded over the weekend were higher than those reported during the first week of …

Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley was discharged from West Shore Medical Hospital this morning after checking in to the facility on Friday evening with a coronary issue. Rowley had an angiogram and angioplasty yesterday. An angioplasty is a minimally invasive surgical procedure meant to open up the vessels that supply …

Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley is set for a second night at the West Shore Medical Hospital, after feeling discomfort on Friday evening. However, a release from the Office of the Prime Minister said he is ‘resting comfortably’ and that his medical procedures today went well. “The prime minister underwent …

Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley remained hospitalised at the West Shore Medical Hospital this morning after feeling unwell yesterday afternoon, according to a release today from the Office of the Prime Minister. Rowley was said to have had ‘a comfortable night’ and ‘will have medical tests conducted this morning’. The …

The Ministry of Health has reported nine new cases of Covid-19 today, bringing the total number of new cases detected at the start of 2021 to 69. In total, there have been 7,219 confirmed cases since March 2020. With a total of 74,775 tests conducted, Trinidad and Tobago has performed …

Minister of Health Terrence Deyalsingh said that Trinidad and Tobago’s closed borders have ‘saved us’ from having cases of the new UK and South African strains of Sars-Cov-2, the virus that causes Covid-19. Speaking at the health ministry’s media conference on Covid-19, Deyalsingh said that the new variants of the …

Chief medical officer (CMO) Dr Roshan Parasram advised today that the Ministry of Health would not recommend any relaxations to current Covid-19 restrictions for the month of January, as the government remains vigilant for infections over the Christmas holidays. The Ministry of Health reported 10 new infections today and a …

Coming events cast their shadows before them. Pay attention to the news and you can generally foretell when something momentous is about to happen. Like the closing weeks of 2020.  The question, in the light of the impending outcomes, then is: what do we owe each other? Are we, who …

Here we are, into 2021, and probably wondering what we will make of it. We can be sure that it will be difficult and challenging on all fronts. The variable will be our individual responses. That’s the element that can yield the widest range of outcomes. Every year, we routinely …

“[…] The overarching goal is to increase capacity not just in response to the pandemic, but to develop and improve our medical capacity to treat with respiratory diseases, on a whole…” In the following press statement, North Central Regional Health Authority (NCRHA) CEO Davlin Thomas notes the changes made to …

Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley pleaded with businesses and vacationers in Tobago to remain vigilant at today’s press conference, which is expected to be the last Covid-19 briefing before Christmas Day. The government will retain current novel coronavirus protocols until 10 January at the earliest. And Rowley warned the public …

“[…] Notwithstanding the atrocious working conditions and other obstacles, our public healthcare workers have done yeoman’s service in T&T’s greatest time of medical need. They are not to be blamed for the badly broken public health system in which they work… “[…] for T&T, [the Covid-19 vaccine] also gives the …