Paula Lindo Friday 24 April 2020 The government has taken 34 mitigation measures in dealing with the covid19 virus, Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh has said. They began to be implemented over a month before the World Health Organisation declared the virus a pandemic, he told Friday’s virtual media briefing. He said the first measure was the … Continue reading
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CMO: More testing capacity by Monday (April 23, 2020)
Paula Lindo Thursday 23 April 2020 PAULA LINDO CMO Dr Roshan Parasram has said the Health Ministry hopes to have certification of its capacity to do PCR testing by April 27. He said this will allow for community testing outside of the Caribbean Public Health Agency’s guidelines. The method being used to test for covid19 is … Continue reading
Opposition Leader: Minimise economic fallout (April 23, 2020)
Paula Lindo Thursday 23 April 2020 The Opposition Leader is calling on government to immediately implement plans to restart businesses and the wider economy to minimise the upcoming economic fallout. She wants government to look at the UNC’s economic transformation plan, which was rolled out since the last budget. In a release, Kamla Persad-Bissessar said expenditure … Continue reading
‘Healthy worker, a nation’s most valuable asset’ (April 22, 2020)
Paula Lindo Wednesday 22 April 2020 A healthy worker is a country’s most valuable asset and governments should put health before wealth. These were some of the conclusions from an International Labour Organisation (ILO) webinar titled, The World of Work in the time of COVID-19: An ILO Caribbean High-Level Virtual Roundtable, on Monday. St Kitts and … Continue reading
Health Minister: Muslims will act responsibly during Ramadan (April 21, 2020)
Paula Lindo Tuesday 21 April 2020 Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh said he is confident that members of the Muslim community will continue to observe social distancing during the month of Ramadan. He said he met with Muslim leaders at a meeting facilitated by Senator Kazim Hosein before TT had its first case of covid19 and at … Continue reading
Deyalsingh: Health Ministry continues to build capacity to deal with covid19 (April 21, 2020)
Paula Lindo Tuesday 21 April 2020 Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh said his ministry continues to build additional capacity to combat the second and third waves of the covid19 pandemic. He said the Arima facility will be operational by Friday. It will house 94 cases in parallel with Caura, for suspect and paediatric cases, and for people … Continue reading
Deyalsingh: ‘I was hacked’ (April 17, 2020)
Paula Lindo Friday 17 April 2020 Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh said his Facebook profile has been hacked. This has happened several times over the past two years, he said. In a Facebook post, a commenter asked him if they “had to listen to these MATT apologies for journalists asking irrelevant, dotish and vexing questions?” In response, … Continue reading
UNC: Government too aggressive over covid19 (April 15, 2020)
Paula Lindo Wednesday 15 April 2020 The United National Congress (UNC) finds it disturbing that Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh “continues to attack” anyone who questions the government’s handling of the covid19 pandemic. In a release, the Opposition said the tone of the government’s press conferences is becoming more aggressive and political when faced with valid questions … Continue reading
Self-employed can apply for social support (April 15, 2020)
Paula Lindo Wednesday 15 April 2020 The Ministry of Social Development and Family Services says self-employed people who are not registered with the National Insurance Board (NIB) can apply for its social support grants through that ministry. Over 4,000 applications have been received and are being processed. The food support, rental assistance and income support grants … Continue reading
MPs busy with food card distribution (April 11, 2020)
Paula Lindo Saturday 11 April 2020 St Augustine MP Prakash Ramadhar says while his constituency office remains open, measures are being taken to protect both the office staff and his constituents. To encourage social distancing, Ramadhar said the office phone numbers are posted so that constituents can call in and get help while minimising direct interaction … Continue reading
