Paula Lindo Thursday 21 May 2020 Eid-ul-Fitr greetings were brought to the nation by members of the Senate on Wednesday following a sitting. Leader of government business Franklin Khan said this year’s Ramadan was one with a difference, as due to public health measures they were not able to congregate and perform iftar. He said he … Continue reading
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Opposition Leader credits climate with low covid19 numbers (May 20, 2020)
Paula Lindo Wednesday 20 May 2020 Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar said she believes the climate is responsible for the low numbers of covid19 cases and deaths which have occurred throughout the Caribbean. She said cases and deaths in TT have been slow and few respectively, but it was interesting that the entire Caribbean is in the … Continue reading
CMO: Reporting takes place within 48 hours (May 20, 2020)
Paula Lindo Wednesday 20 May 2020 Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dr Roshan Parasram says reporting of events such as positive cases of covid19 to the World Health Organisation has to take place within 48 hours of the event and has to fall within certain criteria. He said he is the TT International Health Regulations national focal … Continue reading
Local govt corps clamping down on illegal dumping (May 19, 2020)
Paula Lindo Tuesday 19 May 2020 RURAL development and local government minister Kazim Hosein said the 14 municipal corporations continue to prepare for the upcoming rainy and hurricane seasons. Hosein said his ministry is collaborating with the health ministry and other stakeholders, including the disaster management units of the corporations, to develop additional strategies and precautionary … Continue reading
Debe/Penal facility to be emptied, cleaned (May 15, 2020)
Paula Lindo Friday 15 May 2020 PAULA LINDO After the discharge of the 69 returnees from Suriname later today, the remaining patient at the UWI Penal/Debe campus will be moved to the Cascadia Hotel in St Ann’s. Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh said this will allow cleaning of the step-down facility. He said this will bring the … Continue reading
Regionally, credit unions look out for customers (May 14, 2020)
Paula Lindo Thursday 14 May 2020 The covid19 crisis has affected economies worldwide, leaving people without work in many cases due to stay-at-home measures, lockdowns and other measures to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus. Credit unions in the Caribbean have put several responses in place to cater to the needs of their members. During … Continue reading
Minister: State quarantine mandatory for returnees (May 13, 2020)
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
PAHO: New governance model needed for covid19 (May 13, 2020)
Paula Lindo Wednesday 13 May 2020 The Pan-American Health Organisation (PAHO) and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will be working together to shape a new governance model that caters to economic growth and social protection in the wake of the covid19 virus. Resilient health systems and universal health coverage were viewed … Continue reading
MoH: Elective surgeries restart (May 13, 2020)
Paula Lindo Wednesday 13 May 2020 Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh said he made the decision as minister to postpone elective surgeries until now. He announced that elective surgeries have been restarted on a phased basis, and waiting patients will be contacted. Responding to a letter to the editor in a daily newspaper at a Ministry of … Continue reading
Deyalsingh: All returnees to be quarantined (May 13, 2020)
Paula Lindo Wednesday 13 May 2020 Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh said anyone allowed to come into the country at this time will be required to undergo quarantine by the state. He said this is because the health ministry cannot be sure of the conditions that people would have been in before returning to TT, and the … Continue reading
