(Trinidad Express) The super-infectious Covid-19 Delta “variant of concern” has reached community spread in Trinidad and Tobago.
Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dr Roshan Parasram yesterday confirmed that with the discovery of more positive cases who have shown no apparent travel history, health officials are declaring the Delta variant to now be at the early stages of community spread.
“We’re seeing now that the Delta variant is reaching to the stage that it can be stated that it is in community spread,” Parasram stated at the ministry’s Covid-19 virtual news conference.
Noting six additional Delta cases announced by the ministry last Sunday, he said, “We would have reported last night six additional cases, five of which would not have had any travel-related component to it. So, now, we can clearly say that we are in a stage of community spread of Delta, albeit in the early stages.”
