Trinidad & Tobago News

(Trinidad Express) The Health Ministry’s Chief Medical Officer says the two latest COVID-19-positive victims appear to be the first cases of ‘local spread’.

(Trinidad Guardian) Staff at the Hilton Trinidad and Conference Centre in St Ann’s have been temporarily laid off with no pay effective April 1 as the closure of borders in light of COVID-19 pandemic has hit the hotel industry.

(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.

(Trinidad Guardian)  “If you hear of a plague in a land, then do not go into it.

(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.

(Trinidad Guardian) The number of local deaths attributed to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has risen to three.

(Trinidad Guardian) The public will still be able to go to the shop, grocery and drug store from Monday.

(Trinidad Express) CHANDRABHAN RAMROOP would do anything for his cousin, Seeta Bhagwandeen.

(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.

(Trinidad Express) National Security Minister Stuart Young has listed what would be considered essential services as of Monday.

(Trinidad Express) Two people in a car were crushed to death by the trailer of a truck in Tableland on Thursday night.

(Trinidad Guardian) Another person who was quarantined at Camp Balandra has tested positive for the COVID-19 virus.

(Trinidad Express) The first COVID-19 victim to die in Trinidad and Tobago was Hansel “Hanny” Leon, a man who loved Carnival and well known for “beating the iron”.

(Trinidad Guardian) Minister of National Security Stuart Young has warned that Trinidad and Tobago nationals who recently returned home from abroad and have been told to self-quarantine will now face strong action if they breach the order.

(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.

(Trinidad Express) Flamboyant Crime Watch talk show host Ian Alleyne says he has tested positive for the COVID-19 coronavirus.

(Trinidad Guardian) 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 Express) A Trinidad born principal of a school in New York has died from complications caused by the COVID-19 coronavirus.

(Trinidad Express) Thirty five Trinidad and Tobago nationals who flew out of England hoping to return home on Monday, but were left stranded with the closure of this country’s borders, have been taken in by the Government of Barbados.

(Trinidad Guardian) While Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley’s administration battles to secure Trinidad and Tobago against the COVID-19 crisis, he’s admitted to continuing to be a troubled parent since his daughter is in COVID “Ground Zero” in New York.