By Prior Beharry THERE are two things that will not become immediately clear when speaking to Kathryn Stollmeyer Wight – one, that she is battling a terminal illness; and two although she is the only daughter of Jeffrey Stollmeyer, a famous and well respected cricket player and captain of the West Indies team in […]
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By Sue-Ann Wayow A TRINIDADIAN national who left her country to take care of her sick grandfather in England is now stranded, in need of financial aid and recuperating from surgery. Jessica Koomalsingh, 22, since leaving Trinidad and Tobago on March 8 has missed several life events including her mother’s 50th birthday and her […]Read More
SIX months and 15 days after Trinidad and Tobago registered its first Covid-19 fatality, the toll has now crossed 100 deaths. On Wednesday, the Ministry of Health registered 101 deaths. T&T recorded its first positive Covid-19 case on March 12 and its first Covid-related death on April 5. Its Health Ministry on Wednesday […]Read More
THE public should be aware of a contracting influenza and Covid-19 at the same time. This was warning of the Manager of the Expanded Programme on Immunization Grace Sookchand at the Ministry of Health news conference on Monday. The season is usually every year between October to May in the following year. She said, […]Read More
By Sue-Ann Wayow PEOPLE are being greatly encouraged to take the influenza vaccine since the possibility of having two viruses at the same could be detrimental for an individual. In a press release on Friday, Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO)/World Health Organisation (WHO) representative, Dr Erica Wheeler warned that dual infections could severely […]Read More
By Prior Beharry IF Trinidad and Tobago doesn’t get down its daily Covid-19 cases then it could record one death per day. This was the statement made by Minister of Health at a press conference at the Diplomatic Centre in St Ann’s on Saturday. Head of Epidemiology at the Ministry of Health Dr Avery […]Read More
TWO Covid-19 stepdown facilities will no longer be in use the Ministry of Health stated since they were too costly to maintain and were being under-utilised. In a press release on Thursday, the ministry said the decision was taken to de-commission the Brooklyn Facility in Sangre Grande and Camp Balandra in Toco as Covid-19 parallel […]Read More
THERE are 76 new Covid-19 positive cases, 18 of which came from one source, the prison population in Tobago, the Ministry of Health has reported. This was the first update with the new dashboard. In its Thursday Covid-19 update, the ministry stated that the number of positive cases usually reflects the samples taken during the last […]Read More
THE Ministry of Health will issue only one Covid-19 update at 4 pm each day in a new format starting from Thursday. Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dr Roshan Parasram revealed this at the virtual media conference of the Ministry of Health on Wednesday. He said the release would be in a new and improved […]Read More
An elderly male with pre-existing medical conditions is the latest patient to die from Covid-19 in Trinidad and Tobago. In its Wednesday morning update, the Ministry of Health noted that that the total number of deaths in T&T was now 84. It stated that 30 more people have tested positive with 1,782 active cases. […]Read More