Jesse Ramdeo

jesse.ramdeo@cnc3.co.tt

There is still no con­fir­ma­tion as to whether or not Car­ni­val 2022 will take place. Guardian Me­dia reached out to Min­is­ter of Tourism, Cul­ture and the Arts Ran­dall Mitchell on Thurs­day who in­di­cat­ed there was no up­date on the mat­ter at this time.

Min­is­ter Mitchell al­so did not con­firm if dis­cus­sions about Car­ni­val were held at a Cab­i­net-lev­el. The Min­is­ter had pre­vi­ous­ly in­di­cat­ed that a pro­pos­al for Car­ni­val-like cel­e­bra­tions would be sent to the Min­istry of Health for de­lib­er­a­tion.

In an ad­dress to the na­tion late last year, Prime Min­is­ter Dr Kei­th Row­ley sug­gest­ed that based on cer­tain con­di­tions, there could be the pos­si­bil­i­ty of Car­ni­val re­lat­ed events this year.

Car­ni­val cel­e­bra­tions and events were can­celled last year as a re­sult of the COVID-19 pan­dem­ic.

Back then, Dr Row­ley not­ed that the fes­ti­val was “the per­fect en­vi­ron­ment for the spread­ing of the virus.”