Tag Archives: Covid-19

The Ministry of Health confirmed 29 more cases of Covid-19 this evening, which took the number of active cases to 477. Trinidad and Tobago has had 629 positive reports since the onset of the pandemic from 16,453 samples sent to the Caribbean Public Health Agency (Carpha). Yesterday, new Covid-19 measures …

Chief medical officer Dr Roshan Parasram will allow sporting teams to train despite the current Covid-19 restrictions—but only with five persons per facility. Article two of the Public Health (2019 Novel Coronavirus) Regulations states: During the period specified in regulation 12, a person shall not, without reasonable justification: (a) be found …

The Ministry of Health confirmed this morning that all three patients at the Couva Hospital’s High Dependency Unit (HDU) were moved to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) over the past 24 hours. There have already been four deaths owing to Covid-19 over the past five days, as Trinidad and Tobago’s …

Dr Roshan Parasram, chief medical officer at the Ministry of Health, and Dr Naresh Nandram, the principal medical officer of the Epidemiology Division, were asked to defend their professional ethics today, after a suggestion that the approach of health care professionals to Covid-19 was altered for political reasons—in the build-up …

Trinidad and Tobago’s 11th fatality related to Covid-19 was described this morning by the Ministry of Health as ‘an adult male with pre-existing medical conditions’. For the second time, there was no mention of ‘elderly’—which the government appears to use for anyone above 59 years of age. Three of the …

Trinidad and Tobago’s Covid-19 counter rose by another 71 persons today, just 24 hours after chief medical officer Dr Roshan Parasram alerted the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) that the country now has ‘community spread’. At present, the twin island republic has 348 active cases of the novel coronavirus while …

Chief medical officer Dr Roshan Parasram reported to the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) yesterday that Trinidad and Tobago is now at the highest level in the movement of the novel coronavirus: community spread. Parasram’s report preceded a press conference by Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley today in which he …

The Ministry of Health confirmed two deaths today of patients hospitalised for Covid-19. The first was an elderly female, just after lunch, while the second was an adult male. Both were said to have ‘pre-existing medical conditions’. The pair are the first fatalities in Trinidad and Tobago’s second wave of …

Trinidad and Tobago suffered its ninth death related to the novel coronavirus and the first of the second wave of the pandemic, at roughly 12.15pm today. The patient, according to a release by the Ministry of Health, was ‘an elderly female with pre-existing medical conditions’. The ministry delayed the release …

“Social distancing now in effect/Isolate and quarantine to keep you in check; “I’m angry with you for all you’ve done/Wondering if the worst is yet to come…” The following poem on the ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic was submitted to Wired868 by Kaius, an employee at the Port of Spain Magistrate’s …

The Ministry of Health declared 78 new cases of Covid-19 today as Trinidad and Tobago’s tally since the onset of the pandemic soared to 404 by this evening. In the first wave of the novel coronavirus, Trinidad and Tobago had 50 cases in 31 days—between 27 March and 26 April. …

The Ascension Tournament has been postponed, following advice from Commissioner of Police Gary Griffith, until the tournament protocols are reviewed by Chief Medical Officer Dr Roshan Parasram. Griffith met with Ascension organisers yesterday and urged them to liaise with the Ministry of Health before proceeding, so as to avoid a …