Health

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 …

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 …

The Ministry of Health announced 48 additional positive cases of Covid-19 with two deaths today, which meant Trinidad and Tobago suffered five deaths with 134 positives this weekend. The twin island republic has had a total of 81 Covid-19 related fatalities and 4,763 positive cases of the virus from 29,249 …

Dr Avery Hinds, technical director in the Epidemiology Division, announced today that Trinidad and Tobago had a roughly 35 per cent decrease in Covid-19 infections over the last two weeks. However, the novel coronavirus gave a reminder of its menace today with three deaths and 86 new cases in the …

The Ministry of Health announced 59 new positive cases of Covid-19 today, which took the total since the onset of the pandemic to 4,629 positives from 28,864 unique patient tests. There are 1,824 active cases at present. As of this morning, there were 103 persons hospitalised for the novel coronavirus …

Minister of Health Terrence Deyalsingh got his Influenza vaccine today and is urging members of the public to follow suit, as Trinidad and Tobago braces for the 2020-21 flu season. The Ministry of Health tallied 41 fatalities in the last flu season and, with the Covid-19 pandemic already testing the …

The Ministry of Health revealed another Covid-19 related death this evening, with the deceased patient described as ‘an elderly female with pre-existing medical conditions’. It was the second death announced today and the 54th in September. Trinidad and Tobago has suffered 76 fatalities since the onset of the novel coronavirus …

The Ministry of Health is urging citizens to be vaccinated for the Influenza virus, as the country braces for the flu season which runs from October to March. Trinidad and Tobago suffered 41 deaths in the last spell of the virus, with most attributed to H1N1. And, since the symptoms …

The Ministry of Health announced 86 new Covid-19 cases with no deaths on the morning of Republic Day. There have been 334 new infections this week so far, which is an average of roughly 84 new cases per day. It suggests a gentle decrease since the spike between 18 August …