(Trinidad Express) Health Minister Terrence Deyalsing called once more for citizens to comply with the stay at home advisory and other COVID-19 measures as the country battle to stave off the spread of the deadly coronavirus.
(Trinidad Express) There has been a spike in the number of domestic violence cases in the country and Commissioner of Police Gary Griffith is warning perpetrators.
(Trinidad Express) National Security Minister Stuart Young has announced the cancellation of a residential patrol plan which was expected to begin on Monday, at a cost of $87,000 per patrol.
(Trinidad Guardian) Trinidad and Tobago’s main business chambers are calling on the Government to help them save jobs by implementing a tax credit on salaries for companies that do not make any profit over the next three months.
(Trinidad Express) As of Tuesday afternoon, the Health Ministry reports the following:
Number of samples submitted to the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) for testing for COVID-19 878
Number of samples which have tested positive 107
Number of deaths 8
Number of persons discharged 1
The Ministry of Health provides the following update:
● One additional person has tested positive for COVID-19 – Contact of person positive with COVID-19.
(Trinidad Express) Government has hired four private security companies to provide mobile security patrol services in residential districts on a 24-hour basis throughout Trinidad during the period April 6 to May 5, in the first instance.
(Trinidad Express) As of Tuesday afternoon, the Health Ministry reports the following:Number of samples submitted to the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) for testing for COVID-19 878
Number of samples which have tested positive 107
Number of deaths 8
Number of persons discharged 1The Ministry of Health provides the following update: One additional person has tested positive for COVID-19 – Contact of person positive with COVID-19.
(Trinidad Newsday) The Prime Minister extended the lock-down of Trinidad & Tobago over the covid19 pandemic until April 30, speaking at a briefing on Monday at the Diplomatic Centre, St Ann’s, and closed all restaurants until that time.
(Trinidad Guardian) The following is the latest COVID-19 Update from the Ministry of Health…
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO COVID-19 (NOVEL CORONAVIRUS) UPDATE #76
As part of the national drive to safeguard the health of the Trinidad and Tobago population in the face of the global COVID-19 outbreak, the Ministry of Health continues to provide up-to-date information on the country’s status in this regard.
(Trinidad Guardian) A third bar owner has been charged with breaching the Public Health Ordinance Regulations currently governing the COVID-19 crisis in Trinidad and Tobago.
(Trinidad Guardian) Fifteen days after 78-year-old Zorida Wahid Khan returned to her home in Queens, New York, after vacationing in Trinidad and Tobago, she tested positive for the COVID-19.
(Trinidad Express) POLICE Commissioner Gary Griffith says the decision to shut down D’Original Sauce Doubles in Curepe yesterday was done in keeping with the policies of the Government.
(Trinidad Express) The current shutdown of nonessential businesses and other restrictions to limit the spread of COVID-19 can “possibly” be extended beyond April 15.