Tag Archives: Terrence Deyalsingh

Minister of Health Terrence Deyalsingh suggested that a pool party at the Bayside Towers in Cocorite, where a group of more than five people were seen frolicking without masks, might fall outside the public health ordinance. Residents said the party-goers within the gated community, refused to disperse when advised to …

Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi has defended amendments to the public health ordinance, which put children over eight years old and families in their private vehicles at risk of hefty fines for not wearing masks. The measures, which became legally enforceable on Monday, received some public pushback. However, at this morning’s …

Chief medical officer Dr Roshan Parasram announced today that the Ministry of Health is entering a new phase in its treatment of Covid-19, with positive patients asked to home quarantine unless ‘moderately or severely ill’. Within the next 48 hours, patients will also be discharged from Covid-19 step-down facilities without …

The Ministry of Health confirmed its 15th Covid-19 related death this morning. The deceased patient was described as ‘an elderly male with pre-existing conditions’. At present, Trinidad and Tobago has 851 active cases while there have been 1,031 positive tests since the onset of the pandemic, from a total of …

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 …

Students preparing for the Secondary Entrance Assessment (SEA) examinations have been ordered to stay at home until their exam date on 20 August, as a result of the spike of Covid-19 infections within the population. Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley made the announcement at a press conference this afternoon, as …

“[…] No stipend, nor high stakes examination, is worth exposing the nation’s children, teachers and the national community to the possible risks associated with the pandemic…” The following is a statement from Trinidad and Tobago Unified Teachers’ Association (TTUTA) president Antonia Tekah-De Freitas, which urges the government to close schools …

Minister of Health Terrence Deyalsingh said today that the nation’s schools remain on course for a 1 September restart and apologised for an error in his weekend update of the Public Health Novel Coronavirus regulations. On Saturday, Deyalsingh updated the public health ordinance with an order that all primary, secondary …

“Today, the [Trinidad and Tobago Police Service] received correspondence from the Ministry of Health’s State Counsel 1 indicating that the Commissioner’s Cup can indeed be allowed to proceed but that it must do so with a total of only 25 persons per game. “We are at a loss to understand …

Commissioner of Police Gary Griffith vowed to conduct enquiries into a party at Five Islands Water Park, after a video showed persons dancing at the west Trinidad venue on Sunday 26 July. The video was shot from outside the Water Park and appeared to show more than 25 persons at …

The Tacarigua Presbyterian Primary School became the second school to be shut down today after contact tracing led to another SEA student. Dr Naresh Nandram, principal medical officer of the Ministry of Health Epidemiology Division, confirmed at today’s virtual press conference that the measure was taken after a 43 year …

The decision to send an ill child to SEA classes at Maraval RC Primary School has forced the Ministry of Health to conduct contact tracing for 19 primary contacts and ‘upwards of 200 second contacts’, as Trinidad and Tobago reels from a sudden ‘upsurge’ in Covid-19 cases. Over the past …