Tag Archives: Covid-19

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 …

“Today marks an inflection point, a turning point, with how we treat with Covid-19,” said Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh at today’s press conference. “If we as a society heed the warnings of the prime minister, the minister of health, the chief medical officer, the commissioner of police, civil society; and …

“If I have a problem, as a public officer and prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago, it has to be that I have this confidence,” said Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley, “that the vast majority of our people are right thinking and reasonable people and will understand—once they are informed …

Trinidad and Tobago suffered two Covid-19 related deaths in the last 24 hours, which takes its fatality total to five. The latest death is, according to the Ministry of Health, an ‘elderly male with [a] pre-existing medical condition’. At present, the country has 89 confirmed cases from 586 samples submitted …

Trinidad and Tobago lost its fourth citizen to the dreaded novel coronavirus Covid-19 today. The deceased patient, according to a statement from the Ministry of Health, was an ‘elderly female with pre-existing medical conditions’. The woman is believed to have been one of the 73 travellers on the ill-fated Costa …

“So we can assume that the restrictions now in place worldwide will only be lifted gradually over the next 12 months. Some semblance of normalcy will not return until the middle of 2021. “There is no way that the private sector and the government can carry the labour force for …

‘I have never understood Nakhid and I still don’t, but a truth teller if ever there was one, no sycophant eat ah food mentality like so many of our commentators” — Mt D’or resident and Santos legend, Big Red, in his critique of Wired868 article, ‘Fire next time’. ‘If people …

The Trinidad and Tobago government will amend its public health ordinance today to reduce congregations from 10 to five. National Security Minister Stuart Young made the announcement at this morning’s virtual press conference. The adjustment will be signed off by Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh today. “Persons shall not without reasonable …

Imagine the day when the minister of health announces that we have not just flattened, but broken the COVID-19 curve, and no new cases have been reported for the required number of days. For some, it will be a joyous attempt to return to life as we left it before …

The health ministry recorded four additional confirmed cases of Covid-19 today, as Trinidad and Tobago’s count rose to 85 positive reports from 550 samples. So far, there have been three deaths and one discharge. In two of the confirmed cases, the new coronavirus was spread through close contact with someone …

The scale and speed of the Covid-19 disease are unsettlingly apocalyptic. A now-familiar question is: have you ever seen anything like this in your lifetime? The short answer is no. I have lived through the assassination of John F Kennedy when we were sent home from school; the 9/11 event, …

Ministry of Health CMO Dr Roshan Parasram warned today that Trinidad and Tobago might now be experiencing low levels of ‘local spread’ of the novel coronavirus Covid-19 and urged persons to treat everyone in their immediate vicinity as though they were infected. As of this morning, the twin island republic …