Prime Minister Keith Rowley held a Press Conference at 2:30pm this afternoon (Saturday 26th June 2021) to update the public on the latest decisions made by Government with respect to COVID-19 restrictions in Trinidad and Tobago. Below are the key points discussed today, courtesy of TTT Live Online: - Prime Minister Keith Rowley announced that Saturday 17th July 2021 is the target for the opening of the borders. Persons allowed in when the borders open will include:
- Fully vaccinated T&T Nationals with a negative PCR test seventy-two (72) hours prior to entering this country will be allowed to enter the country and go straight to their private residence. Children who are unvaccinated but whose fully-vaccinated parents are entering T&T will be allowed to go home with them. - Unvaccinated T&T Nationals entering the country must present a negative PCR test seventy-two (72) hours before travelling, and must go into State-supervised quarantine for fourteen (14) days. The Prime Minister warned that persons who attempt to beat the system and avoid State-supervised quarantine will face “the full brunt of the law.” - Non-Nationals who are unvaccinated will be barred from entering T&T at this time. - Prime Minister Rowley also announced that private sector construction will not open on Monday (28th June 2021). However, Government construction will open on Monday 5th July 2021. - So far, 15,000 construction workers have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine. - Prime Minister Keith Rowley announced that a major first dose COVID-19 vaccination programme will commence next month. This, as he confirmed that another shipment of Sinopharm vaccines should be here in the first week of July, and another shipment of vaccines via COVAX is also expected in mid-July. - The Prime Minister also confirmed that 4,000 COVID-19 vaccines will be coming from Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG). These vaccines will be used as second doses since they will expire in a short time. - P.M Rowley stated that the Government has had "very positive contact, discussion and work with the United States" regarding a donation of COVID-19 vaccines for this region. He said "significant progress" has been made and it may just be a matter of days before confirmation comes from the U.S. - The curfew next weekend (Friday, Saturday and Sunday) will start at 9pm and end at 5am. If you missed the Press Conference, you can watch it below in its entirety. This is a developing story - refresh this page for updates. [Source: TTT Live Online]
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