Tag Archives: Avery Hinds

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, …

Dr Avery Hinds, technical director of the Ministry of Health Epidemiological Division, said Trinidad and and Tobago’s infection rate appears to be on a downward trend, following a surge of Covid-19 cases in the second wave of the virus. Due to a backlog of cases, the public receives data on …

The Ministry of Health confirmed another Covid-19 related fatality this morning, with the deceased patient described as ‘an elderly male with co-morbidities’. It was the 32nd death in September and the 54th since the onset of the pandemic. Despite the climb in mortalities, Dr Avery Hinds, technical director of the …

Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley confirmed today that current public health restrictions will stay in place until 11 October, as a means of thwarting the spread of the novel coronavirus. Those measures include: the limiting of public gatherings to five persons, as well as no in-house dining, drinking, contact sport, …

The Ministry of Health confirmed its 15th Covid-19 related death this morning. The deceased patient was described as ‘an elderly male with pre-existing conditions’. At present, Trinidad and Tobago has 851 active cases while there have been 1,031 positive tests since the onset of the pandemic, from a total of …

Dr Roshan Parasram, chief medical officer at the Ministry of Health, and Dr Naresh Nandram, the principal medical officer of the Epidemiology Division, were asked to defend their professional ethics today, after a suggestion that the approach of health care professionals to Covid-19 was altered for political reasons—in the build-up …

Chief medical officer Dr Roshan Parasram reported to the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) yesterday that Trinidad and Tobago is now at the highest level in the movement of the novel coronavirus: community spread. Parasram’s report preceded a press conference by Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley today in which he …

Dr Roshan Parasram, the chief medical officer of the Ministry of Health, is bracing for an increase in Covid-19 cases due to ‘non-adherence [of] public health guidelines’—even as the number of hospitalised patients continues to rise sharply in Trinidad and Tobago. Today, the Ministry of Health confirmed 26 new cases …

Students preparing for the Secondary Entrance Assessment (SEA) examinations have been ordered to stay at home until their exam date on 20 August, as a result of the spike of Covid-19 infections within the population. Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley made the announcement at a press conference this afternoon, as …

A restriction in lawful congregations from groups of 25 to just 10 persons was the only significant change announced today by Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley, as the country grapples with a second wave of Covid-19 infections. Even then, there were numerous exceptions. The guideline on congregations is relaxed for …

The Tacarigua Presbyterian Primary School became the second school to be shut down today after contact tracing led to another SEA student. Dr Naresh Nandram, principal medical officer of the Ministry of Health Epidemiology Division, confirmed at today’s virtual press conference that the measure was taken after a 43 year …

Trinidad and Tobago will enter phase two, on the road towards the full re-opening of its economy, on Thursday 21 May—some four days ahead of schedule—and it will be bigger than initially suggested. Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley said today that the country’s promising health figures satisfied chief medical officer …