Category : Health

  By Chantalé Fletcher ALTHOUGH two spaces remain in the Intensive Care Unit at the Scarborough General Hospital for Covid-19 patients, there are three additional isolation rooms at the Accident and Emergency Department to help the situation. This according to acting Medical Chief of Staff of the Scarborough General Hospital Dr Victor Wheeler who spoke at the […]Read More

Another five persons  have died from Covid-19 in Trinidad and Tobago .  In its latest update (#889) on Tuesday, the Ministry of Health reported  215 new Covid-19 cases taken from samples during the period October 22 to October 25.     See below:     Total people tested: 382, 242  New cases: 215   Active cases: 4,799    Patients recovered:  49, 616   Total positive cases: 56, 013     Deaths: 1,655    […]Read More

  ALL adult foreign nationals travelling into the United States from November 8 will be required to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19. US citizens and legal permanent residents (LPRs) will be exempt from this vaccination requirement, although unvaccinated US citizens and LPRs, including children, must provide proof of a negative Covid-19 test taken before departure […]Read More

  FLOOD waters have again caused the PowerGen Covid-19 mass vaccination site in Penal to be closed on Tuesday. This according to a statement from the South West Regional Health Authority (SWRHA). Persons with scheduled appointments will be rescheduled or accommodated on Wednesday. For further information, persons can call SWRHA Customer Care Centre at 877-9742. […]Read More

  By Sue-Ann Wayow JUST under 60% of school children rostered to attend physical class on Monday actually attended says Minister of Education Dr Nyan Gadsby Dolly. She said  16,688 students from forms four, five and six were rostered to attend school physically and 9,907 representing 59.3% were present at school. On Monday, both Covid-19 vaccinated […]Read More

  FIVE more people  have died from Covid-19 in Trinidad and Tobago. In its latest update (#888) on Monday, the Ministry of Health reported  117 new Covid-19 cases taken from samples during the period October 21 to October 24. See below: Total people tested: 381, 372 New cases: 117 Active cases: 4,573 Patients recovered:  49, 575 Total positive cases: 55, 798 […]Read More

  By Chantalé Fletcher IT’S not fair to compare schools with safe zones. This according to epidemiologist Dr Avery Hinds at the Virtual media conference of the Ministry of Health on Monday to update the country on the Covid-19 fight .   He was responding to a question from AZPNews.com about concerns from parents of allowing […]Read More

  By Chantalé Fletcher THERE is no triage policy in place to deal with Covid-19 patients who have to go into intensive care. This as there is almost no space in the Intensive Care Units for Covid-19 patients in the parallel healthcare system. Principal Medical Officer Institutions Ministry of Health Dr Maryam Abdool-Richards speaking at […]Read More