Anglican Archbishop Rev Bishop Claude Berkley
NICOLE DRAYTON
Former Minister of Education and former Member of Parliament for Caroni East, Dr Tim Gopeesingh
Police officers monitor customers as they wait in line outside RBC, on Independence Square, Port-of-Spain, on Thursday.
KERWIN PIERRE
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Central resident Cherry Ramdath shows the bundles of clothes which are piled up because she has no water to wash. Central is one of the communities experiencing distress for water even as the country tries to keep environments clean in the fight against COVID-19.
COURTESY XHERRY RAMDATH
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VICTOR MOOTIRAM
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DCP Jayson Forde
GUARDIAN
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Chief Medical Officer Dr. Roshan Parasram
SHIRLEY BAHADUR
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Dr Joy St John
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File picture: Prisoners from the Remand Yard at Golden Grove Prison, Arouca, play basketball during their air time.
ROBERTO CODALLO
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CARPHA executive director Dr Joy St John says it is not wise to reopen Trinidad and Tobago's borders to nationals coming from COVID-19-hit regions at this time.
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Chief Medical Officer Dr Roshan Parasram.
SHIRLEY BAHADUR
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Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi will have to work out the details of a plan to release low-risk prisoners as part of a plan to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the prison system.
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One customer among many wears a face mask while waiting outside Republic Bank on Lower High Street, San Fernando, yesterday.
RISHI RAGOONATH
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Nurses swith a patient at the San Fernando General Hospital last month.
Roberto Codallo
Unified Health Sector Workers’ Union general secretary Rhea St John says nursing staff are now worried as some COVID-19 patients are slipping through the system undetected.
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Lall Katwaroo, Chaguanas
KERWIN PIERRE
With the Health Ministry finally releasing the locations of confirmed COVID-19 cases through its new geographic information system yesterday, residents of Central Trinidad say, while they are concerned by the numbers, they are taking precautions.
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Police officers monitor customers as they wait in line outside RBC, on Independence Square, Port-of-Spain, on Thursday.
KERWIN PIERRE
Police Commissioner Gary Griffith on Thursday admitted it was unfortunate he had to issue threats to customers standing outside banks, supermarkets, pharmacies and markets for failing to comply with social distancing to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus.
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Central resident Cherry Ramdath shows the bundles of clothes which are piled up because she has no water to wash. Central is one of the communities experiencing distress for water even as the country tries to keep environments clean in the fight against COVID-19.
COURTESY XHERRY RAMDATH
They have been risking their lives caring for patients in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, yet, when they return home, two Central medics have no water to wash their hands—an act world medical experts say is one of the best measures to prevent the spread of the virus.
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VICTOR MOOTIRAM
While the Ministry of Health refuses to confirm that Williamsville father Victor Mootiram died of COVID-19 at the San Fernando General Hospital, some residents are now panicking over possible community spread.
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DCP Jayson Forde
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The Penal Police Station was locked down yesterday after officers arrested a man who defied a doctor’s recommendation to self-quarantine himself and contact the COVID-19 hotline.
Several officers on yesterday’s day shift were ordered to shower and change their clothes as they awaited further instructions from health officials up to late last evening. However, DCP Jayson Forde last night said the situation was dealt with and the station reopened with no danger to officers and the public.
Guardian Media learned that the Penal man went to the Siparia District Health Facility with flu-like symptoms on Wednesday. He was told to return home, isolate himself and contact the hotline for a possible test for COVID-19.
Instead, he spent the night drinking alcohol with his neighbour. Yesterday morning, officers responded to a report of a breach of a protection order after the man allegedly went to his sister’s home and threatened her with a knife. He was arrested and while being interviewed at the station, he began coughing. It was then he informed officers of the doctor’s order.
The officers contacted the health facility, where staff confirmed the man's story. They then contacted senior police officials who initiated a lockdown.
Forde said the officers met with the County Medical Officer of Health and complied with the guidelines given. They were allowed to leave the police station. The ill man was taken for medical care.
Forde said the man did not go through the entire station and based on the advice of medical experts, the area he was being held in was locked off and will be sanitised.
While the police station continues to operate, Forde said anyone who wants to report an incident to any police station can call the many numbers to avoid going outdoors or use the police service app. The officers will then determine whether a physical presence is needed at the station.
Yesterday’s incident was the second COVID-19 scare for the T&T Police Service. On March 26, Commissioner of Police Gary Griffith ordered the closure of the Arouca Police Station after an officer with recent travel history developed flu-like symptoms.
Griffith said the officer travelled to St Maarten on March 4 without approval and returned on March 7. Instead of going into self-quarantine, he returned to work the following day. The officer in question was subsequently tested and the result was negative.
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Chief Medical Officer Dr. Roshan Parasram
SHIRLEY BAHADUR
Posthumous testing of COVID-19 cases is not being conducted in Trinidad and Tobago, even if a patient is suspected to have died from the virus, Chief Medical Officer Dr Roshan Parasram said Thursday.
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A Debe pundit and his wife, who remain hospitalised after testing positive for COVID-19, took all precautions to ensure that they did not spread the disease, a close relative says.
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Dr Joy St John
The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) is actively searching for suppliers of a key ingredient to the COVID-19 testing process amidst a global shortage but says its has cover for at least the next three weeks.
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File picture: Prisoners from the Remand Yard at Golden Grove Prison, Arouca, play basketball during their air time.
ROBERTO CODALLO
Ag Commissioner of Prisons Dennis Pulchan is currently preparing a list of prisoners who are most likely to be released as a measure to minimise a possible outbreak of the COVID-19 virus within the prison system. However, Pulchan said last evening he would not have a total just yet as he is still completing his research.
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CARPHA executive director Dr Joy St John says it is not wise to reopen Trinidad and Tobago's borders to nationals coming from COVID-19-hit regions at this time.
People who are currently outside Trinidad and Tobago should stay out to prevent a second or a possible third wave of COVID- 19 cases, says Caribbean Public Health Agency executive director Dr Joy St John.
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Chief Medical Officer Dr Roshan Parasram.
SHIRLEY BAHADUR
Mere hours after the Ministry of Health announced the nation's fourth death from the COVID-19 virus came news Wednesday morning of a fifth death.
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Lall Katwaroo, Chaguanas
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Police officers monitor customers as they wait in line outside RBC, on Independence Square, Port-of-Spain, on Thursday.
KERWIN PIERRE
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Central resident Cherry Ramdath shows the bundles of clothes which are piled up because she has no water to wash. Central is one of the communities experiencing distress for water even as the country tries to keep environments clean in the fight against COVID-19.
COURTESY XHERRY RAMDATH
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VICTOR MOOTIRAM
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DCP Jayson Forde
GUARDIAN
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Chief Medical Officer Dr. Roshan Parasram
SHIRLEY BAHADUR
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Dr Joy St John
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File picture: Prisoners from the Remand Yard at Golden Grove Prison, Arouca, play basketball during their air time.
ROBERTO CODALLO
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CARPHA executive director Dr Joy St John says it is not wise to reopen Trinidad and Tobago's borders to nationals coming from COVID-19-hit regions at this time.
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Chief Medical Officer Dr Roshan Parasram.
SHIRLEY BAHADUR
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Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi will have to work out the details of a plan to release low-risk prisoners as part of a plan to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the prison system.
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