NO new Covid-19 protocols will be put in place despite the fast spreading UK variant B117 being discovered in Trinidad and Tobago. This according to Minister of Health Terrence Deyalsingh at a virtual presser called on Friday to discuss the latest on Covid-19 in the country. Deyalsingh urged the country to remain vigilant to […]Read More
By Prior Beharry IN the initial phase of Covid-19 vaccination in Trinidad and Tobago, 25,000 people will receive the jabs. This according to Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh at the first virtual presser for 2021 on Monday. He said the government will be asking for 50,000 vaccines for 25,000 citizens since vaccination included two injections. “Our […]Read More
By Sue-Ann Wayow TRINIDAD and Tobago still does not know what type of Covid-19 vaccine the country will be receiving says Health Minister Terrance Deyalsingh. But regardless of type, the country will be in a state of readiness to receive them by March. “Not knowing which vaccine we are going to get does not […]Read More
By Prior Beharry THE Hindu community has been praised by Minister of Health Terence Deyalsingh for the way in which it celebrated Divali during the time of Covid-19. He made the comment at the virtual media conference of his ministry on Saturday. Deyalsingh said before Divali was celebrated on November 14 he had reached […]Read More
By Prior Beharry A trivalent vaccine for Influenza A and B is being used in the public sector as opposed to a quadrivalent vaccine to be administered in the private sector in Trinidad and Tobago. There were reports that 59 people died in Singapore last week after receiving quadrivalent vaccines. Speaking at the […]Read More
ODAI Ramischand, the lawyer who lambasted Health Minister Terrance Deyalsingh and the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) for publicising his daughter’s beach video has apologised. In a long post on Facebook, the same platform that he used to condemn the minister and the TTPS, Ramischand stated that he was sorry for the […]Read More
HEALTH Minister Terrence Deyalsingh has slammed a woman for posting a video with her family and herself on a private beach. He said she represents “the worst of young people in Trinidad and Tobago.” Deyalsingh was speaking at the virtual media conference of his ministry on Monday morning. The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service […]Read More
Minister of Health Terrence Deyalsingh praises the National Council of Indian Culture for cancelling the Divali Nagar this year. “I want to sincerely congratulate and kudos must go out to the NCIC for taking the very wise leadership position of not having a physical Divali Nagar and in fact moving it to a virtual […]Read More
THE reopening of schools depends solely on the status of Covid-19 in Trinidad and Tobago (TT), during this phase of the virus. Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh made this clear at the Ministry’s virtual media conference on Wednesday. Schools were supposed to reopen in September but when TT was classified as having community spread […]Read More
SECONDARY Entrance Assessment (SEA) students of the Vistabella Presbyterian Primary School are waiting on their Covid-19 test results for a week now. The students were administered the test last week after one of their colleagues tested positive at the end of July for Covid-19. Parents have been told by school officials that without […]Read More
