HEALTH Minister Terrance Deyalsingh has met with the Trinidad and Tobago Registered Nurses Association (TTRNA) to discuss recent incidents of Covid-19 cases at the Port of Spain General Hospital (POSGH). In a press release on Thursday, the ministry stated that Deyalsingh and other ministry officials including chief medical officer Dr Roshan Parasram met […]
THE lastest Covid-19 death in Trinidad and Tobago is a patient who was admitted to hospital then tested positive for the virus. This was confirmed by Epidemiologist Dr Avery Hinds during the virtual presser of the Ministry of Health on Wednesday. In its 4 pm update on Wednesday, the Health Ministry stated that 129 […]Read More
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Ambassador Mondello Op-Ed: US Don’t See Eye-to-Eye With T&T on
Bellow is an Op-ed piece done by US Ambassador to the United States Joseph Mondello. The appointee of the Trump administration says farewell to T&T. Serving as United States Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago has been the greatest honour of my life. Apart from its great weather and amazing beauty, T&T has some of the […]Read More
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Anniversary of First Covid Death Ver la historia en Español
By Sue-Ann Wayow IT has been exactly one year since the first Covid-19 death was reported. Since then, there have been almost two million deaths globally as a result of the virus. At a media briefing on Monday, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus said an international team of scientists, distinguished experts […]Read More
MEMBER of Parliament for Couva South Dr Rudranath Indarsingh is calling on Health Minister Terrance Deyalsingh to state specifically the number of healthcare workers who have tested positive for Covid-19. In particular he was to know the number of nurses the Port-of-Spain General Hospital (POSGH) who are Covid positive. The MP is also calling […]Read More
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Ministry Looking into Reports of Covid Among Health Workers at
HEALTH Minister Terrence Deyalsingh is taking reports of a spread of Covid-19 among healthcare workers at the Port-of-Spain General Hospital very seriously. He was speaking at the virtual presser of the Ministry of Health on Monday. Deyalsingh said there was a meeting among the chief executive officers of the regional health authorities to deal with […]Read More
APPROXIMATELY 16% of Jamaica’s population will receive a Covid-19 vaccine when it becomes available to the country later this year. Chief Medical Office Dr Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie at a virtual media conference said this was an increase from initial estimates. She said, “Initially, it was one 1% that we would receive in the […]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 THE Covid-19 vaccine is unsafe for pregnant women, children and people with allergies. This according to Minister of Health Terrence Deyalsingh speaking to the media after meeting with mothers of new-born babies at the San Fernando General Hospital on Friday – New Year’s Day. He reminded the public that Trinidad and Tobago […]Read More
IT’S rarely an easy decision to rank the top news story in any given year. But this year the decision was easy, and here AZPNews.com Editor-in-Chief Prior Beharry, a journalist with more than 24 years experience in the industry, ranks Covid-19 as hands-down the number one story of the year. The year 2020 was […]Read More
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