Tobago has recorded 82 COVID-19 cases emerging among students and staff on the island since the return to physical classes on April 19. The update came during a joint press conference involving the Division of Education, Research and Technology (DERT) and the Division of Health, Wellness and Social Protection (DHWSP).
TOKYO (AP) — President Joe Biden sought Monday to calm concerns about recent cases of monkeypox that have been identified in Europe and the United States, saying he did not see the need to institute strict quarantine measures.
BERLIN (AP) — The COVID-19 pandemic is “most certainly not over,” the head of the World Health Organization warned Sunday, despite a decline in reported cases since the peak of the omicron wave. He told governments that “we lower our guard at our peril.”
Some 57 persons have been certified as recovered from COVID-19 over the past 24 hours, while another 61 persons have tested positive for the disease, in Tobago.
Minister of Health Terrence Deyalsingh took his second booster shot on Friday, as the country rolled out the programme for a select group of people.
(AP) — Kids ages 5 to 11 should get a booster dose of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, advisers to the U.S. government said Thursday.
The Ministry of Health’s national immunization programme got a boost recently, with the donation of 27,600 Medical AD Syringes Needles via the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO).
Over the past 24 hours, some 33 new positive cases of COVID-19 have been reported. There are now 514 current active infections on the island.
Over the past 24 hours, some 45 new positive cases of COVID-19 have been reported. There are now 527 current active infections on the island.
Four new COVID 19 infections have been recorded in Tobago, within the last 24 hours, bringing its total number of active cases to five hundred and sixty-one.
The Ministry of Health has recorded 1 additional COVID related death. This brings the total number of deaths to 3,871. There are currently 209 patients in the hospital. The ministry has also recorded 504 new COVID cases in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of active cases to 9,418.
An unvaccinated person is the most recent victim of COVID-19 in Tobago, and theirs is the first recorded death from the disease in 11 days. The island’s death toll from COVID-19 now stands at 267.