Tag Archives: Covid-19

19 more Covid-19 positives; MoH confirms 116 active cases

The 2020 General Election has now come and gone—although UNC leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar is insisting on a recount—but the novel coronavirus pandemic is still here and creating a nuisance. Today, the Ministry of Health confirmed 19 new positive cases, which are batched results since 7 August and not solely from …

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Parasram: T&T needs ‘learned behaviours’ not ‘lockdown’; lab lags meant one week wait for positive results

Chief Medical Officer Dr Roshan Parasram said ‘learned behaviours’ rather than state-ordered ‘lockdowns’ are Trinidad and Tobago’s best chance of successfully seeing off the Covid-19 virus. At present, the twin island republic falls into the World Health Organisations’ (WHO) second highest category for the movement of the novel coronavirus, which …

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Gov’t stops SEA classes! Rowley on school restart, TTUTA, bars, grant for stranded Trinbagonians and ‘the pandemic election’

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 …

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