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 …

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The number of nationals abroad who are allowed to re-enter the country will depend on the ability of the parallel healthcare system to receive them. This according to Principal Medical Officer Dr Maryam Abdool-Richardson, who spoke at the 26 October Ministry of Health media conference. While the principal medical officer …

Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley announced the re-opening of beaches and ‘coastal areas’ and promised a report on the reopening of the borders to citizens by 2 November, as multiple Covid-19 restrictions were relaxed today. From Monday, changes in the public health ordinance will permit the entire public sector to …

Trinidad and Tobago will go into the weekend with one new Covid-19 related death and 41 new cases of coronavirus infection, according to the Ministry of Health’s daily update. There have been nine deaths and 206 new infections recorded for the week. The death toll continues at a rate of …

The Ministry of Health’s update for 21 October reported another three deaths from Covid-19, taking the death toll to 101. This time, two women—one elderly—and one elderly man were the latest victims of the disease. There have been 25 deaths in October with an average of about one death each …

The Caribbean Public Health Agency (Carpha) will begin issuing a travellers health assurance stamp to businesses in the region’s hospitality sector to certify they are following proper Covid-19 protocols. Dr Lisa Indar, assistant director of Carpha, introduced the initiative during the 10 October Ministry of Health media briefing on Covid-19. …

Dr Avery Hinds, technical director of the Epidemiology Division at the Ministry of Health, commended citizens this weekend for a general adherence to Covid-19 restrictions, which has seen a ‘plateauing’ of Trinidad and Tobago’s infection curve. However, the death toll remains—as predicted by Minister of Health Terrence Deyalsingh—at one per …

Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley appeared to mock a landmark High Court ruling won yesterday by Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president William Wallace and vice-presidents Clynt Taylor and Sam Phillip, as he suggested it was no more than a Pyrrhic victory. The TTFA officials successfully defied Fifa president …

Last month, Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley set Trinidad and Tobago a target of 20 infections per day by 11 October, so as to be granted access to a Caricom ‘travel bubble’ —in which member nations can visit each other without need for Covid-19 tests or a quarantine period. Barbados, …

The Ministry of Health has ‘de-commissioned’ Camp Balandra and the Brooklyn Facility in Toco and Sangre Grande respectively, after incurring a bill of TT$831,005 over a seven month period to use the facilities as part of its Covid-19 parallel healthcare system. The two venues are now deemed to be surplus …

The Ministry of Health announced just four new Covid-19 cases today. However, unfortunately, there was also a death. The deceased patient was described as ‘a middle-aged male with pre-existing conditions’ and he was the sixth fatality of October so far and the 82nd Covid-19 related death since the onset of …