Wired868 Wired868 for smart sport news and opinion
Trinidad and Tobago had its 29th Covid-19 related death for the month of September, as the Ministry of Health confirmed that an elderly male with co-morbidities passed away today. The twin island republic has had 51 deaths since the onset of the novel coronavirus pandemic, with 39 of them coming in the last four weeks.
At present, the country has 2,176 active cases with a total of 2,993 positives from 23,591 unique patient tests since March. The Ministry of Health revealed 101 new positive cases this evening, taken from samples during the period of 3-11 September.
At a press conference this afternoon, Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley and Dr Avery Hinds, the technical director of the Ministry of Health’s Epidemiology Division, said things were slowly improving—thanks to measures take by the government on 17 August to curb the spread of the virus.
“We are starting to see the numbers look a little more favourable, although it is still increasing,” said Hinds. “[…] We are slowing that runaway train that a pandemic can be […] but we are not out of the woods.”
Trinidad and Tobago vs Covid-19 (in numbers)
Local infections of Covid-19 in first wave (27 March to 26 April)
- 50 cases in 31 days with 8 deaths.
Local infections of Covid-19 in second wave (20 July to 17 August)
- 436 cases in 29 days with 4 deaths.
Local infections of Covid-19 since gov’t roll-backs (18 August to 12 September)
- 2,301 cases in 25 days with 39 deaths.
(Copyright Ghansham Mohammed/GhanShyam Photography/Wired868)
The Ministry of Health reminds members of the public to adhere to the ‘new normal’ and:
- Wear a mask over your nose and mouth when you go out in public;
- Keep your distance from others (six feet);
- Stay home if you are ill;
- Clean then sanitise surfaces, such as tabletops, door knobs and cell phones;
- Wash your hands often with soap and water or use an alcohol-based sanitiser;
- Cough into a tissue or into the crook of your elbow;
- Avoid touching your face.
Persons are urged to call Covid-19 hotline numbers: 877-WELL, 87-SWRHA or 877-3742 (Trinidad) and 800-HEAL (Tobago) if they feel unwell; or they can report a possible breach of Covid-19 regulations by calling 555, or sending messages—inclusive of photographs and videos—to the Police App or via Whats App to 482-GARY.
I don’t mean to be harping on health issues, especially given my lack of medical credentials. But as I said, Read more
“She have the flu,” he said, when I asked about his daughter, who sounded weak and listless on the phone. Read more
The report of the investigating team of the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) into the death in April this year Read more
I was brought up in a household that loathed pretentiousness. Had my mother, Celia, been alive she would have been Read more
Regrettably, sharp comment is invited by the recent verbal tactics that the Minister of Health deployed in response to the Read more
Eleven babies have died in the space of a three-month period in the Neo Natal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) in Read more
