Tag Archives: Michelle Trotman

“[…] Mrs Kamla Persad-Bissessar’s most recent attack on our senior public servants in the health care sector must be condemned in the strongest possible manner.  “[…] For the leader of the opposition to suggest that these medical professionals are in some form or fashion contributing to ‘premeditated, state-sanctioned murder’ is scurrilous and …

Trinidad and Tobago will retain its current Covid-19 restrictions until at least 4 July, while Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley intends to have Parliament approve a 90-day extension to the state of emergency, which can see the country remain under curfew until 22 August. They were the two main updates …

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 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 confirmed today that current public health restrictions will stay in place until 11 October, as a means of thwarting the spread of the novel coronavirus. Those measures include: the limiting of public gatherings to five persons, as well as no in-house dining, drinking, contact sport, …

“[…] The point I want to make here with respect to Covid-19 is that this crisis has brought to the forefront a whole new concept that prior to now was not one that we gave a lot of national attention. This concept is that of ‘National Healthcare Security’. “I draw …