Paula Lindo Wednesday 13 May 2020 State quarantine will be mandatory for anyone re-entering the country, regardless of whether they have gone through quarantine in the country they are coming from. Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh said this is in accordance with quarantine protocols set out by the CMO. He said it is policy that the health … Continue reading
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Tobago gets machine, test kits (May 13, 2020)
Paula Lindo Wednesday 13 May 2020 The Scarborough General Hospital has received machines and test kits to enable testing for covid19 in Tobago. Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh said training and validation are currently taking place and testing can begin from next week. He said the machine, called a gene expert machine, is not a high-throughput machine … Continue reading
MoH to make site visits to private labs (April 29, 2020)
Paula Lindo Wednesday 29 April 2020 The Health Ministry will make site visits to private labs this week as part of the labs’ application to the ministry for certification. CMO Dr Roshan Parasram said a team consisting of a medical lab technician and quality control specialists will visitthe labs. They will submit a report after each … Continue reading
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
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
UPDATED: CMO: About 52 samples a day sent to CARPHA
Paula Lindo Thursday 16 April 2020 Chief Medical Officer Dr Roshan Parasram has said approximately 52 tests have been submitted daily to the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) for the past week. He made the statement during Thursday’s post-Cabinet media briefing. Parasram said 61 tests were submitted to CARPHA on Wednesday, with an average of 52.5 … Continue reading
CMO: About 52 samples a day sent to CARPHA (April 16, 2020)
Paula Lindo Thursday 16 April 2020 Chief Medical Officer Dr Roshan Parasram has said approximately 52 tests have been submitted daily to the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) for the past week. He made the statement during Thursday’s post-Cabinet media briefing. The CMO said 61 tests were submitted to CARPHA on Wednesday, with an average of … Continue reading
Covid19 numbers remain steady overnight (April 3, 2020)
Paula Lindo Friday 3 April 2020 The number of cases of covid19 remained at 97 on Friday morning. This followed an increase of seven new cases on Thursday. The Ministry of Health’s 10 am bulletin said the number of covid-related deaths remains at six, with one person having been discharged. A total of 701 samples have … Continue reading
Four more covid19 cases (April 2, 2020)
Paula Lindo Thursday 2 April 2020 Four more cases of the covid19 virus have been confirmed by the Ministry of Health (MoH). This brings the total to 94. There have been no additional deaths or discharges, as the figures remain at five and one respectively. The MoH’s 4 pm bulletin says of the four new cases, … Continue reading
No overnight changes in covid19 case numbers (April 2, 2020)
Paula Lindo Thursday 2 April 2020 There was no overnight change in the number of coronavirus cases in TT. The numbers remain at 90, with five deaths and one person discharged. The 10 am media release from the Ministry of Health said 621 samples had been submitted to the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA). Of the … Continue reading
