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Saddam: T&T’s Border Control Inefficient

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MEMBER of Parliament for San Juan/Barataria Saddam Hosein is questioning how a person with a positive PCR test was able to board a flight using the TTravel Pass system. 

Making reference to the first Covid-19 Omicron variant of concern case that was detected and announced by Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh on Monday, Hosein said the system must have been flawed and called for it to be fixed. 

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In a statement on Tuesday, Hosein said the revelation by the Minister of Health that a passenger with a positive PCR test was allowed to enter Trinidad was an admission of the collapse of the TTravel Pass system.   

The Ministry of National Security implemented a system that makes it a mandatory requirement for persons who enter Trinidad and Tobago to be issued a TTravel Pass.  As part of the application process to be issued a TTravel Pass, the applicant must upload the results of the PCR test and the results must reflect a negative test. 

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Hosein said, “The Minister of Health admitted that the person entered the country with a positive PCR test on a flight from Panama. A person with a positive PCR test will not be issued a TTravel Pass. Therefore, the Minister of National Security must explain how a person with a positive PCR test was issued a TTravel Pass.” 

Minister of National Security Fitzgerald Hinds must also explain whether the Ministry verifies the information that a person submits in their TTravel Pass application before it is issued.  

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“This case has revealed significant inefficiencies, inadequacies and a total lack of competence in handling the border control arrangements to prevent the spread of Covid-19 and its variants,” Hosein stated. 

He added, “Had the system operated in an efficient manner, this most serious and unfortunate event would not have occurred.” 

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Hosein said both the Health and the National Security Ministry must ensure that the situation does not repeat itself and must provide information on improvements to the system. 

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Deyalsingh on Monday stated that he has been liaising with the Hinds on the matter. 

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