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By Sue-Ann Wayow SOCIAL Development Minister Donna Cox is misleading the public by saying in Parliament that there were no reports of homes for the aged asking for additional governmental assistance during the Covid-19 pandemic. This is according to President of the Trinidad and Tobago Residential Care Association (TTRCA) Caroline Ruiz who told AZPNews.com on Tuesday that […]Read More
By Sue-Ann Wayow PRIME Minister Dr Keith Rowley was absent from Wednesday’s sitting of the House of Representatives. He and three other MPs had sought leaves of absence which were granted by House Speaker Brigid Annisette-George at the beginning of the sitting as is customary. Also absent were David Lee, Rushton Paray and Esmond Forde. […]Read More
By Sue-Ann Wayow ELDERLY persons who were waiting in the rain on Wednesday for their Covid-19 vaccines at different health facilities did not have confirmed appointments. Videos and photos of elderly sitting in the rain holding umbrellas outside the La Romaine Health Centre were shared on social media with many expressing outrage that the […]Read More
By Chantalé Fletcher HYPERTENSION and diabetes continue to be the most common comorbidities amongst the fatalities in Covid-19 patients. Asthma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Ischemic Heart Disease (IHD) and Malignancy which are different types of cancers were also common, but less frequently reported. Epidemiologist Dr Avery Hinds during the Ministry of Health virtual presser on […]Read More
By Sue-Ann Wayow PERSONS who have received the Covid-19 vaccine can donate blood. However, if an individual was experiencing any side effects, he should not volunteer to do so. On Wednesday, at the Ministry of Health’s virtual press conference, Immunology Lecturer at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Dr Carla-Maria Alexander said, “There […]Read More
By Sue-Ann Wayow WITH the increased curfew time in effect from this weekend, farmers and market vendors are going to be hit the hardest and stand to lose thousands of pounds in produce. This is according to the United National Congress (UNC) who is strongly against the back to back curfew on Saturday and Sunday. […]Read More
CHAIRMAN of the Tobago Regional Health Authority has resigned. The Tobago’s Division of Health, Wellness and Family Development issued a press release on Wednesday stating that Melville, an attorney in private practice served on the board for seven years. Her resignation comes at a time when the TRHA is battling the Covid-19 virus with […]Read More
THERE has always been a recorded history of receiving container donations in Trinidad and Tobago pending full documentation and the receipt of 80 Pfizer vaccines was no different. This according to Minister of Health Terrence Deyalsingh in an answer to an Urgent Question by Opposition Senator Wade Mark in the Senate on Tuesday. Mark […]Read More
By Sue-Ann Wayow FOR the many persons who tested positive for Covid-19 and are in home self-isolation, there is a free online forum to help track temperature and oxygen levels. Online medical platform Virtual Wellness can also help one track its blood pressure and blood sugar readings. In a press release on Tuesday, Virtual […]Read More
First Citizens Bank will close all its branches will be closed early on Thursday In a release on Wednesday, First Citizens stated that this was to facilitate the voluntary Covid-19 vaccination of their frontline staff. The new opening hours are as follows: Mall Branches: 9 am to 12pm Non-Mall Breaches: 8am to 12pm Tobago […]Read More