Tag Archives: Caribbean Public Health

In August 1959, at the peak of his fame, Miles Davis was taking a break from a recording which he was making downstairs an equally famous club called Birdland Jazz Club. He was on the pavement when a white policeman told him to move on. “Move on for what? I …

Trinidad and Tobago now has 57 cases of novel coronavirus Covid-19, after the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) announced four more positive tests today. Two of the cases are nationals who returned from the infamous Costa Favolosa cruise ship, independently of the 68 voyagers who were taken to quarantine in …

“We are trying to walk a tightrope between fighting off a virus that can kill us,” said Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley, “and trying to protect an economy that could collapse and a country that could go into bankruptcy if things go pear-shaped.” In retrospect, maybe this is not the …

The Trinidad and Tobago Government has enacted a special Public Health Ordinance for the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (Covid-19), which carries the penalty of a six month imprisonment for anyone who operates a bar, club or provides seated dining amenities for customers. The law comes into force on 21 March 2020 …

The Ministry of Health announced Trinidad’s second confirmed case of coronavirus Covid-19 at 7.44pm on Friday 13 March. The patient is a 66-year-old male who travelled outside of the country’s borders within the last two weeks. The unnamed man went for testing at a public health facility on Thursday and …