Trinidad and Tobago is among the countries winning the fight against Covid-19. This is according to the latest rankings by data tracking website endcoronavirus.org. The site rates countries as either ‘winning’, ‘nearly there’ or ‘needs action’, depending on the rolling seven-day average of their new confirmed cases. Also making the …
Read More »Deyalsingh: ‘No knee-jerk, panic reaction to UK Covid-19 strain’; no further restrictions
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 …
Read More »Dr Hinds: Possible Christmas Covid-19 case spike; CMO: ‘we’re ready for vaccine.’
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 …
Read More »T&T performs 50 times fewer tests per Covid-19 case than leading countries
The Ministry of Health has reported nine new cases of Covid-19 today, bringing the total number of new cases detected at the start of 2021 to 69. In total, there have been 7,219 confirmed cases since March 2020. With a total of 74,775 tests conducted, Trinidad and Tobago has performed …
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