“We want you not to come out if it isn’t absolutely essential,” said Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley, “because then you become a part of the problem… Stay at home!” Trinidad and Tobago are set for another series of measures meant to keep citizens at home, in an effort to …
Read More »Daly Bread: Evading reality and the unsafe pathway to our doorsteps
Many of us know that the government is prevaricating and attempting to evade responsibility for what the population generally knows to be realities in plain sight, for example porous borders persistently penetrated by persons fleeing from Venezuela. The condonation of ‘society’ events, which were held—contrary to ministerial and other exhortations—to …
Read More »CMO: Benefits outweigh blood clot risk linked to AstraZeneca vaccine, lists warning signs
Chief medical officer (CMO) Dr Roshan Parasram said that the benefits of taking the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine far outweighed the risk of blood clots linked to the vaccine, which he said was rare. “In terms of incidence what they’ve noted in the international population, it’s anywhere between four out of a …
Read More »Gov’t reintroduces bans on in-house dining, beaches and public gatherings; 1,100% increase in infections
Minister of Health Terrence Deyalsingh announced this morning that in-house dining and beaches are now prohibited while the number of public gatherings is reduced from 10 to five persons, as the government responds to a 1,100% increase in Covid-19 infections from the first week of March. At present, Trinidad and …
Read More »“We’re going back to where we were!” Deyalsingh re-introduces ban on ‘recreational sport’
The Trinidad and Tobago Government has re-introduced Covid-19 restrictions on ‘recreational sport’, with the immediate result that all sporting activity—outside of the training of national teams—will be illegal from Friday 2 April 2021. Minister of Health Terrence Deyalsingh, in a virtual press conference today, said the change was due to …
Read More »Dear Editor: Time for safe reopening of all organised outdoor sports
‘[…] Organised outdoor sports leagues, professional and amateur, have been reopened all around the world, and I would love for someone to show where it has resulted in the kind of spread associated with bars, gyms, or even churches and religious gatherings … ‘[…] Our players, coaches, administrators, facility managers, …
Read More »CMO explains plans for first shipment of AstraZeneca vaccines, which expire in 8 weeks
The first shipment of 33,600 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine arrived in Trinidad and Tobago on Tuesday. Minister of Health Terrence Deyalsingh said that with these shots, the health ministry will begin its vaccine rollout on Tuesday 6 April. According to chief medical officer Dr Roshan Parasram, the vaccines will …
Read More »More than 50% of current Covid-19 cases are asymptomatic; 38 new cases confirmed
Just as many people now confirmed with Covid-19 in Trinidad and Tobago showed no signs of having the virus as those with symptoms. This according to the technical director of the Ministry of Health’s epidemiology division, Dr Avery Hinds. He said: “There is a significant proportion, maybe around half, maybe …
Read More »Caroni Covid-19 cluster causes jump in new cases; new ‘Antigua’ variant found in UK
A new variant of the Sars-CoV-2 virus has been identified in the UK by travellers from Antigua. This variant, which is not yet considered a variant of concern, contains mutations associated with higher transmission and lower vaccine efficacy. Speaking at the Ministry of Health’s virtual media conference, University of the …
Read More »CMO: Testing strategy a success; T&T Covid-19 positive rate drops below 1%
The Ministry of Health today reported seven new confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the country. The daily rolling seven-day average for new cases is now below three cases per day. Speaking at the health ministry’s virtual media conference, chief medical officer Dr Roshan Parasram said that low case numbers were …
Read More »Gov’t: No free vaccines from India; Dr Hinds: Herd immunity not ‘be-all end-all’
Several news outlets, including the Miami Herald, have reported that India plans to ship more than 500,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccines to Caricom countries as a humanitarian donation. But Minister of Foreign and Caricom Affairs Dr Amery Browne said Trinidad and Tobago has not received any such offer of aid. …
Read More »Dr Rowley: ‘Virtually no supply of Covid-19 vaccines for small countries like T&T’
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley described the marketplace for vaccines as ‘topsy turvy’ during his statement at the Ministry of Health’s virtual media conference on Monday. The prime minister said that for smaller countries like Trinidad and Tobago, accessing the vaccine directly from manufacturers was a challenge. “If you were …
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