Trinidad & Tobago News

Dr Roshan Parasram
Dr Roshan Parasram

Cuban ICU nurses for T&T to fight COVID

(Trinidad Express) Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh said Trinidad and Tobago will soon benefit from the expertise of a group of intensive care nurses from Cuba as the country steps up its fight against COVID-19.

Keith Rowley

Trinidad at war with COVID-19 – PM

(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley put the country on a war-footing against COVID-19 as he delivered a message from his residence hours before the start of new measures to curb the spread of the virus that has already claimed three lives locally.

Two more test positive in Trinidad & Tobago for COVID-19

(Trinidad Express) As of yesterday afternoon, the Health Ministry reports the following:  Number of samples submitted to the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) for testing for COVID-19 – 525  Number of samples which have tested positive -78 Number of deaths – 3 Number of persons discharged = 1 The Ministry of Health provides the following update: • Two additional positive cases have been confirmed.

T&T records 2nd COVID-19 death

(Trinidad Express) An elderly man who was among the cruise ship passengers quarantined at Camp Balandra and then transferred to the Couva Hospital after falling ill, has died from complications as a result of the COVID-19 coronavirus.

Health Minister:
Terrence Deyalsingh

Trinidad registers first COVID-19 death

(Trinidad Express) The following is a statement issued last night by the Minister of Health Terrence Deyalsingh It is with great sadness that I announce that a patient, from Trinidad and Tobago, who tested positive for COVID-19, unfortunately died today, Wednesday 25th March 2020.

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