The first half of November has seen a significant drop in both new positive cases and deaths due to Covid-19 compared to the same period last month. There were four deaths for the month so far compared to the 19 deaths recorded during the first half of October. This month’s …
Read More »20 new Covid-19 cases in the prison system
The Ministry of Health has reported a cluster of 20 new positive cases of Covid-19 coming from the prison system. These new cases formed part of the 50 new cases reported for 13 November, bringing the number of active cases in the country to 526. There have been 5980 total …
Read More »Covid counter: No new deaths in 7 days; MoH warns citizens to stay vigilant during holidays
There have been no new deaths due to Covid-19 for the last seven days. The Ministry of Health reported that the death toll for the virus remains at 111. The ministry’s update also reported 24 new cases, three of which were returning nationals. There have been 5904 total positive cases …
Read More »Two new quarantine facilities to be added; no new Covid-19 cases today
The Ministry of Health will add the Kapok Hotel and the Tobago Correctional Facility to its list of quarantine facilities on Friday 13 November. These facilities add 108 beds to the 1,651 beds already in the parallel healthcare system. Kapok adds 98 beds and 10 beds at the correctional facility. …
Read More »Dr Rowley permits in-house dining and national team sport, but no alcohol or ‘casual sport’
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley today announced the resumption of in-house dining at restaurants and cinemas (within certain guidelines), lengthened church services to 90 minutes, and permitted a return to team sport for international outfits. Restaurants must not exceed 50 percent capacity with no more than 10 persons per group, …
Read More »Dr Rowley congratulates US president-elect Biden and VP Harris
“[…] Warmest welcome and congratulations to United States president-elect Joe Biden [and] extend a special accolade to vice president-elect Kamala Harris as we acknowledge her Caribbean roots…” The following is a press statement from Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley on the election of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris to the positions …
Read More »Fifa ‘welcomes’ TTFA’s acquiescence but still ‘assessing’ next step, after two weeks
It is almost two weeks since the court of appeal broke the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association’s legal resistance to Fifa, with the local football body’s member delegates swiftly voting to subsequently hand its reins to the governing body’s normalisation committee. Having forced regime change, Fifa president Gianni Infantino is …
Read More »Dr Hinds: ‘Illegal immigrants bringing coronavirus the least of our worries’
Speaking at the Ministry of Health’s media conference today, epidemiologist Dr Avery Hinds said the country was still experiencing community spread, and managing our respiratory health and hygiene should be the focus of concern. Responding to a question about whether he was concerned that the virus could not be eradicated …
Read More »Soca Warriors pair Hackshaw and Archer earn USL 2020 All-League picks
Former Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Under-20 and Under-23 teammates Neveal Hackshaw and Leland Archer were rewarded for standout individual performances in the 2020 USL Championship season with spots on the competition’s All-League Second Teams last week. The 25-year-old Hackshaw, who has 14 senior international caps for the Soca Warriors …
Read More »Covid counter: 31 dead in October; MOH awaits autopsy results of passenger on repatriation flight
The Ministry of Health is awaiting the results of an autopsy performed on a passenger who died on a repatriation flight to Trinidad on Saturday. The autopsy is expected to determine whether the passenger died due to Covid-19. The Caribbean Airlines flight, which was en route to Piarco International airport …
Read More »Covid-19 claims its youngest victim: T&T’s 106th death was under 25
The country’s 106th Covid-19 death is also its youngest. Speaking at the Ministry of Health’s 28 October media conference, Principal Medical Officer Dr Maryam Richards said the patient was under 25 years old and had pre-existing medical conditions. Despite the special conditions, she warned that this case should remind the …
Read More »Rudder, Merle among speakers at month-long online Black Consciousness Festival
“[…] Joining the conversations will be New Management – Paramin Blue Devils; members of the world-famous Brazilian Afro-Blocos Olodum and Ilê Aiye; calypso icon David Michael Rudder; award-winning multimedia journalist Dash Harris Machado; author, activist and scholar Merle Hodge; Pan-Africanist organizer Khafra Kambon; and US celebrity food entrepreneur Shannon Allen. …
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