Wellness

Minister of Health Terrence Deyalsingh said his ministry would not be recommending any further restrictions in response to the detection of the first confirmed case of the UK Covid-19 variant. “We are reviewing, as we have been reviewing, the epidemiological evidence … now that we have this one isolated, contained …

The Ministry of Health has reported the first confirmed case in Trinidad and Tobago of the Covid-19 variant, variant B117, first detected in the United Kingdom. The variant has been found to be more transmissible than previous strains of the Sars-COV-2 virus. The full press release appears below: The Ministry …

The Ministry of Health reported that an elderly woman with co-morbidities has died due to Covid-19. This fatality brings the death toll to 133. Meanwhile, the number of new confirmed cases globally also continues to rise. In the health ministry’s virtual media conference, epidemiologist Dr Avery Hinds reported there were …

The Ministry of Health reported six new Covid-19 cases and no fatalities today. Trinidad and Tobago’s death toll is 132 at present, after two deaths over the weekend and four in the past six days. Both victims were men and, according to the MoH, elderly with co-morbidities. Confirmed cases have …

“How you feeling today, Gramma?”  I would ask that question of my paternal grandmother every day.  “The head hurting. The blood pressure and the sugar high,” she would invariably answer. “Squeeze the head for me, beti.” I was a child then, as yet unafflicted by the relentless headache that arrived …

The first two weeks of 2021 saw three deaths and 193 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 in T&T. That is one more death and nearly 17% fewer cases than the 233 new cases reported in the last two weeks of December 2020. The seven-day rolling average is now about 18 …

Minister of Health Terrence Deyalsingh today discussed four main areas in a meeting aimed at reducing the risk of Covid-19 transmission at the Port of Spain General Hospital, in the wake of at least five infections at the facility over the past two weeks. Among the measures on the table …

Arima General Hospital could soon be removed from the parallel healthcare system set up to manage the Covid-19 pandemic. But according to Minister of Health Terrence Deyalsingh, who spoke at the Ministry of health’s virtual media conference, the move to stop housing Covid-19 patients at Arima would only happen if …

The Ministry of Health reported 25 and 21 new cases of Covid-19 on Saturday and Sunday, which according to epidemiologist Dr Avery Hinds, could signal the beginning of a new rise in positive cases. The numbers recorded over the weekend were higher than those reported during the first week of …

It was just after midnight, Old Year’s night, when fireworks pierced the roof and ceiling of my niece’s bedroom, landing on the bed where she slept. Fortunately, her baby son was not lying next to her as the noise and smouldering embers on her sheet woke her up, and no …

Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley was discharged from West Shore Medical Hospital this morning after checking in to the facility on Friday evening with a coronary issue. Rowley had an angiogram and angioplasty yesterday. An angioplasty is a minimally invasive surgical procedure meant to open up the vessels that supply …

Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley is set for a second night at the West Shore Medical Hospital, after feeling discomfort on Friday evening. However, a release from the Office of the Prime Minister said he is ‘resting comfortably’ and that his medical procedures today went well. “The prime minister underwent …