Sec­re­tary of Health, Well­ness and So­cial Pro­tec­tion, As­sem­bly­man Dr. Faith B.Yis­rael, has urged To­bag­o­ni­ans to not be­come com­pla­cent where COVID-19 is con­cerned, even as in­fec­tion rates and death rates ap­pear to be de­clin­ing.

NEW YORK (AP) — Two years in­to the COVID-19 pan­dem­ic, most of the world has seen a dra­mat­ic im­prove­ment in in­fec­tions, hos­pi­tal­iza­tions and death rates in re­cent weeks, sig­nalling the cri­sis ap­pears to be wind­ing down. But how will it end? Past epi­demics may pro­vide clues.

One new death from COVID-19 has been record­ed in To­ba­go, mov­ing the to­tal num­ber of deaths on the is­land to 245.  

TORON­TO (AP) — Cana­da’s largest province is re­mov­ing mask man­dates on March 21 in most set­tings, in­clud­ing schools, of­fi­cials an­nounced Wednes­day.

In the last week, reg­u­la­tions have been chang­ing quite rapid­ly, even by COVID-19 stan­dards. Last Fri­day, the Prime Min­is­ter an­nounced a slew of changes to the COVID-19 mea­sures, lift­ing re­stric­tions across the board. On March 7th, 2022, the pub­lic ser­vice will re­turn to full ser­vice, and all pub­lic ser­vants will be ex­pect­ed to re­turn to work as nor­mal.

GENE­VA (AP) — An ex­pert group con­vened by the World Health Or­ga­ni­za­tion said Tues­day it “strong­ly sup­ports ur­gent and broad ac­cess” to boost­er dos­es, in a re­ver­sal of the U.N. agency’s pre­vi­ous in­sis­tence that boost­ers weren’t nec­es­sary and con­tributed to vac­cine in­equity.

The Ju­di­cia­ry says its staff will con­tin­ue to op­er­ate as they have been dur­ing the pan­dem­ic, in­clu­sive of vir­tu­al op­er­a­tions and ser­vice pro­vi­sion, un­til new ad­min­is­tra­tive arrange­ments are is­sued, fol­low­ing the Prime Min­is­ter’s re­cent an­nounce­ment of the re­turn of pub­lic ser­vants to work as nor­mal on Mon­day March 7th.

There are four ad­di­tion­al COVID-19 cas­es in To­ba­go, bring­ing the is­land’s cur­rent ac­tive in­fec­tions to 306.

A fresh batch of Pfiz­er COVID-19 vac­cines for those 12 years and old­er ar­rived in Trinidad and To­ba­go on Thurs­day morn­ing.

There are 27 ad­di­tion­al COVID-19 cas­es in To­ba­go, bring­ing the is­land’s cur­rent ac­tive in­fec­tions to 324.

(AP) — Pfiz­er’s new COVID-19 treat­ment came with a catch when it de­buted late last year: Sup­plies were lim­it­ed, and it can take months to make the tablets.

There have been two new COVID-19 deaths in To­ba­go over the past 24 hours, which means the to­tal num­ber of deaths on the is­land now stands at 244.