FORMER minister of education and MP for Caroni East Dr Tim Gopeesingh has tested positive for Covid-19.
On his Facebook page on Thursday he posted:
“I wish to confirm that I have tested positive for COVID-19, the results of which were communicated to me late last night. Under the existing health protocols and guidelines, I am currently in the State’s medical care, where I am being very well managed by a frontline team of nurses, doctors and support staff, for which I am very grateful.”
His statement comes in the wake of the Ministry of Health announcing 81 new Covid-19 cases on Thursday and the United Kingdom requesting that travellers from Trinidad and Tobago be subjected to 14-days quarantine.
TT is in its second phase of Covid-19 infections with more than 600 active cases.
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