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The Ministry of Health revealed in its daily COVID-19 update this afternoon (Monday 21st February 2022) that there are 355 new COVID-19 cases in Trinidad and Tobago plus seven (7) additional deaths. T&T’s total active positive cases is currently at 21,024.
The number of new cases is the lowest since 3rd January 2022 (338) and represents a 37.06% decrease in reported cases from yesterday. There have been 12,527 new cases and 170 deaths so far in the month of February. The Ministry reported 564 new cases yesterday plus five (5) more unfortunate deaths. The country’s death toll has increased to 3,574. As of 16th February 2022, 230 deaths were fully vaccinated persons while 2,924 deaths were not fully vaccinated. 390 deaths were recorded prior to 24th May 2021 (date at which the first group of vaccinated persons became fully vaccinated). A total of 700,294 persons have been fully vaccinated, representing 50% of the population. Meanwhile, 699,706 persons are not fully vaccinated (only received a first dose or no doses), representing 50% of the population. 129,528 persons in total have taken a booster shot. Based on data from 22nd July 2021 - 2nd February 2022, 2,543 patients in the parallel healthcare system (Hospitals and step-down facilities) are fully vaccinated, representing 16.5%, while 12,860 are not fully vaccinated, representing 83.5%. The Ministry states that the number of positive cases reported reflects the samples taken during a 5-day period between 16th - 20th February 2022 and not the last twenty-four (24) hours. The Ministry also notes that there are currently 345 COVID-19 positive patients in total being treated at Hospitals and step-down facilities. Twelve (12) are in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and nine (9) are in the High Dependency Unit (HDU). This is a developing story - refresh this page for updates.
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The Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) announced this afternoon (Monday 21st February 2022) that a member of the support staff team that accompanied the Trinidad and Tobago delegation to Doha, Qatar has tested positive for COVID-19. The Officer tested negative via a PCR test before departure and again tested negative on arrival at the airport in Qatar. However, a subsequent test at the hotel produced a positive result. The OPM said the Officer is currently in isolation and under medical supervision. The test results for the other members of the delegation remain negative. The news comes on the same day that Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi tested positive for the virus in Trinidad. He last attended Parliament on Friday (18th February 2022). Prime Minister Keith Rowley departed for Doha, Qatar on Friday to participate in the Sixth Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF). Minister of Energy and Energy Industries and Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister, Stuart Young, accompanied the Prime Minister to the Forum. The delegation to Qatar also includes the President of the National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago, Mark Loquan and Chairman of Caribbean Airlines, Ronnie Mohammed, who will both pursue the country's commercial interests during the trip. P.M Rowley accepted the invitation of His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Amir of the State of Qatar to attend the Summit. The Gas Exporting Countries Forum is an internationally recognized organisation comprising of the world’s leading gas producers of which Trinidad and Tobago is a current member. Minister of Finance, Colm Imbert, is acting as Prime Minister until P.M Rowley returns from Qatar. This is a developing story - refresh this page for updates.
In a Media Release issued a short while ago, the Office of the Attorney General and Ministry of Legal Affairs announced that the Honourable Faris Al-Rawi, Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, has tested positive for COVID-19. According to the Media Release, this is as a result of a positive PCR test result received earlier today (Monday 21st February 2022). “The Attorney General will continue to execute his duties and responsibilities as he remains in quarantine as recommended by the Ministry of Health's COVID-19 guidelines.” The Office of the Attorney General states that further updates on this matter will be provided subsequently. This is a developing story - refresh this page for updates.
The Ministry of Health revealed in its daily COVID-19 update this afternoon (Sunday 20th February 2022) that there are 564 new COVID-19 cases in Trinidad and Tobago plus five (5) additional deaths. T&T’s total active positive cases is currently at 21,012.
The number of new cases represents a 28.18% increase in reported cases from yesterday. This is the fifth consecutive day in which cases have crossed 400. There have been 12,172 new cases and 163 deaths so far in the month of February. The Ministry reported 440 new cases yesterday plus nine (9) more unfortunate deaths. The country’s death toll has increased to 3,567. As of 16th February 2022, 230 deaths were fully vaccinated persons while 2,924 deaths were not fully vaccinated. 390 deaths were recorded prior to 24th May 2021 (date at which the first group of vaccinated persons became fully vaccinated). A total of 700,294 persons have been fully vaccinated, representing 50% of the population. Meanwhile, 699,706 persons are not fully vaccinated (only received a first dose or no doses), representing 50% of the population. 129,528 persons in total have taken a booster shot. Based on data from 22nd July 2021 - 2nd February 2022, 2,543 patients in the parallel healthcare system (Hospitals and step-down facilities) are fully vaccinated, representing 16.5%, while 12,860 are not fully vaccinated, representing 83.5%. The Ministry states that the number of positive cases reported reflects the samples taken during a 5-day period between 15th - 19th February 2022 and not the last twenty-four (24) hours. The Ministry also notes that there are currently 348 COVID-19 positive patients in total being treated at Hospitals and step-down facilities. Nine (9) are in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and eleven (11) are in the High Dependency Unit (HDU). This is a developing story - refresh this page for updates.
Pictured Above: The mangled Nissan Almera, in which Benton Charles was killed.
Benton Charles, a resident of Bethesda Trace, Bethesda Village, Plymouth, Tobago, died in a car crash on Sunday morning (20th February 2022) — four (4) others are currently warded in serious condition at Hospital. The car, which was carrying all five (5) persons, collided with a retaining wall.
According to Assistant Chief Fire Officer, David Joseph Thomas, Charles was the front seat passenger in a Nissan Almera, when at around 5:20am on Sunday morning, the driver lost control of the vehicle and rammed the left side of the car into the wall on the corner of Shelbourne Street and Bethesda Trace.
Charles, an employee of the Tobago House of Assembly (THA), was only moments away from his home.
Firemen were forced to use a hydraulic-extrication rescue tool to retrieve the remaining survivors. Other accident victims were taken by ambulance to the Scarborough General Hospital at Signal Hill. Zorisha Hackett, the representative for Bethesda/Les Coteaux of the THA, and Councillor Certica Williams Orr, Secretary in the Office of the Chief Secretary, were on the scene shortly after the tragic accident. Assemblyman Hackett, who is a resident of the area, told Guardian Media, “At approximately 5:40am, I received a phone call from three of my cousins telling me to respond quickly to the scene, and that there was a serious accident involving 4 - 5 young men at the corner of Shelbourne Street and Bethesda Trace.” She stated, “What I heard from them is that this accident would have occurred around 5:17am. I quickly responded and I saw the body on the floor of a silver Almera totally destroyed. Villagers were out, mother and stepmother were on the scene, and persons were trying to come to terms with how severe the accident would have been and what would have caused it, because it’s just 500 metres away from the actual homes of the young men. They were literally home.” “People were trying to ascertain what happened in that short space of time, where they were coming from,” she added. Assemblyman Hackett said the stepmother of the deceased is her cousin. “Three of the other young men seemed to be unresponsive at the time the ambulance would have taken them to the Hospital. There was another relative of the young men, pregnant [who was a bystander and not in the vehicle], her water bag broke and the ambulance had to take her…so several incidents happened at the same time,” she said.
This is a developing story - refresh this page for updates.
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Buckingham Palace announced on Sunday (20th February 2022) that Queen Elizabeth II, who turns ninety-six (96) in April, has tested positive for COVID-19. She is now one of the world’s most prominent figures to battle the virus. Her diagnosis has deeply rattled the country she has led for seven (7) decades. “Buckingham Palace confirm that The Queen has today tested positive for Covid,” the Palace said in a statement on Sunday. “Her Majesty is experiencing mild coldlike symptoms but expects to continue light duties at Windsor over the coming week. She will continue to receive medical attention and will follow all the appropriate guidelines.” The circumstances of the Queen’s infection are clouded in questions. She met earlier this month with her eldest son and heir, Prince Charles, who was reinfected with the virus and went into isolation. He last contracted a mild case of the virus in March 2020, as the Pandemic was first engulfing Britain. Prince Charles was at Windsor Castle, where the Queen is in residence, on 8th February 2022 for an investiture ceremony. Prince Charles, who is seventy-three (73), got the news that he had tested positive on 10th February 2022 and postponed a trip to Winchester, England, at the last minute. His wife, Camilla, also tested positive. Queen Elizabeth is said to have received a dose of a COVID-19 vaccine in January 2021 at Windsor Castle. The Palace has not confirmed any subsequent vaccine doses. Charles has said that he is fully vaccinated and boosted. In recent weeks, the Queen has begun appearing again in public after a difficult stretch last Fall, when she canceled several public engagements because of what Buckingham Palace Officials described as exhaustion. Her frailty deepened anxiety that the second Elizabethan age was coming to an end. The Queen marked the 70th anniversary of her accession to the throne on 5th February 2022 at her country estate in Sandringham. In a statement issued that day, she said she hoped that when Prince Charles succeeded her, his wife, Camilla, would be known as Queen — a major endorsement that the couple had long sought from the monarch. “We are deeply conscious of the honor represented by my mother’s wish,” Prince Charles said in a statement. “As we have sought together to serve and support Her Majesty and the people of our communities, my darling wife has been my own steadfast support throughout.” This is a developing story - refresh this page for updates. [Source: The New York Times]
The Ministry of Health revealed in its daily COVID-19 update this afternoon (Saturday 19th February 2022) that there are 440 new COVID-19 cases in Trinidad and Tobago plus nine (9) additional deaths. T&T’s total active positive cases is currently at 20,635.
The number of new cases represents a 29.49% decrease in reported cases from yesterday. This is the fourth consecutive day in which cases have crossed 400. There have been 11,608 new cases and 158 deaths so far in the month of February. The Ministry reported 624 new cases yesterday plus four (4) more unfortunate deaths. The country’s death toll has increased to 3,562. As of 16th February 2022, 230 deaths were fully vaccinated persons while 2,924 deaths were not fully vaccinated. 390 deaths were recorded prior to 24th May 2021 (date at which the first group of vaccinated persons became fully vaccinated). A total of 700,091 persons have been fully vaccinated, representing 50.1% of the population. Meanwhile, 699,909 persons are not fully vaccinated (only received a first dose or no doses), representing 49.9% of the population. 128,395 persons in total have taken a booster shot. Based on data from 22nd July 2021 - 2nd February 2022, 2,543 patients in the parallel healthcare system (Hospitals and step-down facilities) are fully vaccinated, representing 16.5%, while 12,860 are not fully vaccinated, representing 83.5%. The Ministry states that the number of positive cases reported reflects the samples taken during a 5-day period between 14th - 18th February 2022 and not the last twenty-four (24) hours. The Ministry also notes that there are currently 357 COVID-19 positive patients in total being treated at Hospitals and step-down facilities. Nine (9) are in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and six (6) are in the High Dependency Unit (HDU). This is a developing story - refresh this page for updates. The Ministry of Health, in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, will launch a COVID-19 Vaccination Drive in secondary schools to target the school's personnel, parents and students, ages twelve (12) years and older, on Monday 21st February 2022.
Phase 1 of the project will run from 21st - 25th February 2022 and targets thirty-five (35) schools across the country. Vaccination of students twelve (12) to seventeen (17) years of age will only occur with the written permission of the parent/guardian who must be present at the time of vaccination. Pre-registration forms for parents, staff and students are available on the Ministry of Health's website (www.health.gov.tt), as well as at the identified schools. The Ministry of Health states that all those desirous of being vaccinated must present their completed forms and identification cards (where applicable) and parents/guardian must provide birth certificates for students. The Principals of the schools identified for Phase 1 of the School Vaccination Drive are making the necessary arrangements for implementation, and would be in contact with parents to provide them with relevant information. Minister of Health, Terrence Deyalsingh, announced at the Ministry’s virtual Press Conference this morning (Saturday 19th February 2022) that unvaccinated children under twelve (12) years of age can accompany their fully vaccinated parents into Safe Zones (restaurants, cinemas, etc). This new change comes into effect from Monday (21st February 2022).
The Minister notes that this will help children and their families with mental health. Children can now go out and socialize with their families. Minister Deyalsingh said he was authorized by Prime Minister Keith Rowley to make this adjustment to the Public Health Regulations. He noted that all other measures remain in effect for Safe Zones. Watch the live stream of the ongoing Press Conference here. This is a developing story - refresh this page for updates. Minister of Health, Terrence Deyalsingh, announced at the Ministry’s virtual Press Conference this morning (Saturday 19th February 2022) that there will no longer be any time limits for beaches and rivers. This new change comes into effect from Monday (21st February 2022).
Prior to this, persons had to leave beaches and rivers by 6pm. Minister Deyalsingh said he was authorized by Prime Minister Keith Rowley to make this adjustment to the Public Health Regulations. He noted that all other measures remain in effect, such as no alcohol or parties at beaches and rivers. Once you are out of the water, you are required to wear your mask. Watch the live stream of the ongoing Press Conference here. This is a developing story - refresh this page for updates. |
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