COVID-19
Anglican Archbishop Rev Bishop Claude Berkley
NICOLE DRAYTON
COVID-19 measures return to Anglican churches
WHO declares new variant of interest
Health Ministry: Pfizer vaccines available for booster doses
CARPHA promotes immunisation with “Take Your Best Shot” Schools’ trivia game show
Former Minister of Education and former Member of Parliament for Caroni East, Dr Tim Gopeesingh
Dr Gopeesingh calls for the lifting of all COVID-19 emergency declarations
Covid-19 Cases in Trinidad and Tobago
FILE - Nurse Lydia Holly prepares a child's COVID-19 vaccine dose, on Nov. 3, 2021, at Children's National Hospital in Washington. U.S. regulators are urging drugmaker Pfizer to apply for emergency authorization for a two-dose regimen of its COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 and under while awaiting data on a three-dose course, aiming to clear the way for the shots as soon as late February. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
Pfizer asks FDA to allow COVID-19 vaccine for kids under 5
An illustration of a person walking up a flight of stairs, with the last three steps being a COVID-19 vaccine bottle each, shown next to a large syringe. [Jawahir Al-Naimi/Al Jazeera]
When to have the booster jab if you have recently had COVID-19
The highly transmissible Omicron variant now accounts for nearly all of the coronavirus infections globally [File: Bagus Indahono/EPA]
BA.2: Omicron sub-variant detected in 57 countries, says WHO
Kerry Ramkissoon
Officer succumbs to Covid-19 complications day before returning to work
A worker prepares to administer a COVID-19 test at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Virus infections for Olympic athletes, coaches rising faster
An illustration shows one person on top of a steep hill while another man helps a friend ascend it. The hill symbolises the COVID-19 pandemic with people climbing it to see what lies ahead. There are clouds floating around and some smaller hills can be seen in the background. [Jawahir Al-Naimi/Al Jazeera]
Are we nearing the end of the COVID-19 pandemic?
FILE - Nurse Lydia Holly prepares a child's COVID-19 vaccine dose, on Nov. 3, 2021, at Children's National Hospital in Washington. U.S. regulators are urging drugmaker Pfizer to apply for emergency authorization for a two-dose regimen of its COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 and under while awaiting data on a three-dose course, aiming to clear the way for the shots as soon as late February. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
AP source: US urges Pfizer to apply for under-5 COVID shots
A medical staff member prepares a dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, at San Pedro Hospital in Spain. [File: Alvaro Barrientos/AP Photo]
Pandemic or endemic: Where is COVID heading next?
NCRHA CEO Davlin Thomas
NCRHA develops app to help positive patients manage illness
Arima General Hospital.
ABRAHAM DIAZ
Long COVID clinic at Arima a one-stop shop for patients
COVID takes 14 more lives, active cases pass 19 thousand
Update courtesy the Division of Health, Wellness and Social Protection, in the Tobago House of Assembly.
Two more die from COVID in Tobago
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Pro-choice activists stage a protest demonstration outside the Palo Seco Secondary School, on Wednesday 2 February 2022. (Image: RISHI RAGOONATH)
Vaccine protest at Palo Seco Secondary School
They are accusing school officials of pressuring their children to take the Covid-19 vaccine.
FILE - Passengers stand at the Noerreport Metrostation in Copenhagen Denmark, Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022. Denmark has become one of the first European Union countries to scrap most pandemic restrictions as the country no longer considers the COVID-19 outbreak a socially critical disease. Bit by bit, many countries that have been especially hard-hit by the coronavirus are easing their tough, and often unpopular, restrictive measures to fight COVID-19 even as the omicron variant deemed less severe has caused cases to skyrocket. (Liselotte Sabroe/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)
‘Take back life’: More nations ease coronavirus restrictions
GENEVA (AP) — Late-night disco partying. Elbow-to-elbow seating in movie theaters. Mask-free baring of faces in public, especially in Europe and North America: Bit by bit, many countries that have been hard-hit by the coronavirus are opening up and easing their tough, and often unpopular, restrictive measures aimed to fight COVID-19 even as the omicron variant — deemed less severe — has caused cases to skyrocket.
FILE - Nurse Lydia Holly prepares a child's COVID-19 vaccine dose, on Nov. 3, 2021, at Children's National Hospital in Washington. U.S. regulators are urging drugmaker Pfizer to apply for emergency authorization for a two-dose regimen of its COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 and under while awaiting data on a three-dose course, aiming to clear the way for the shots as soon as late February. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
Pfizer asks FDA to allow COVID-19 vaccine for kids under 5
WASHINGTON (AP) — Pfizer on Tuesday asked the U.S. to authorize extra-low doses of its COVID-19 vaccine for children under 5, potentially opening the way for the very youngest Americans to start receiving shots as early as March.
An illustration of a person walking up a flight of stairs, with the last three steps being a COVID-19 vaccine bottle each, shown next to a large syringe. [Jawahir Al-Naimi/Al Jazeera]
When to have the booster jab if you have recently had COVID-19
● Getting a booster shot after you recover from a COVID-19 infection provides added protection to your immune system ●
The highly transmissible Omicron variant now accounts for nearly all of the coronavirus infections globally [File: Bagus Indahono/EPA]
BA.2: Omicron sub-variant detected in 57 countries, says WHO
UN health agency says initial data shows BA.2 is a little more infectious than earlier versions of Omicron.
Kerry Ramkissoon
Officer succumbs to Covid-19 complications day before returning to work
The T&T Police Service has extended condolences on the passing of yet another police officer, #14067 PC Kerry Ramkissoon.
A worker prepares to administer a COVID-19 test at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Virus infections for Olympic athletes, coaches rising faster
BEIJING (AP) — Athletes and team officials are testing positive for COVID-19 at much higher rates than other people arriving in China for the Beijing Olympics, organizers said Tuesday.
An illustration shows one person on top of a steep hill while another man helps a friend ascend it. The hill symbolises the COVID-19 pandemic with people climbing it to see what lies ahead. There are clouds floating around and some smaller hills can be seen in the background. [Jawahir Al-Naimi/Al Jazeera]
Are we nearing the end of the COVID-19 pandemic?
■ The virus may now be less deadly as vaccines continue to provide vital protection, but new variants can still emerge. Plus, how an ‘immunity debt’ may have led to an increase in meningitis B cases and the symptoms to look out for ■
FILE - Nurse Lydia Holly prepares a child's COVID-19 vaccine dose, on Nov. 3, 2021, at Children's National Hospital in Washington. U.S. regulators are urging drugmaker Pfizer to apply for emergency authorization for a two-dose regimen of its COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 and under while awaiting data on a three-dose course, aiming to clear the way for the shots as soon as late February. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
AP source: US urges Pfizer to apply for under-5 COVID shots
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators are urging drugmaker Pfizer to apply for emergency authorization for a two-dose regimen of its COVID-19 vaccine for children 6 months to 5 years old while awaiting data on a three-dose course, aiming to clear the way for the shots as soon as late February, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press Monday.
A medical staff member prepares a dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, at San Pedro Hospital in Spain. [File: Alvaro Barrientos/AP Photo]
Pandemic or endemic: Where is COVID heading next?
■ Some political leaders are calling for COVID to be treated as an endemic disease, but scientists warn that talk of a pandemic endgame is premature ■
NCRHA CEO Davlin Thomas
NCRHA develops app to help positive patients manage illness
The North-Central Regional Health Authority (NCRHA) has devised an innovative way of helping COVID positive patients to manage their illnesses.
Arima General Hospital.
ABRAHAM DIAZ
Long COVID clinic at Arima a one-stop shop for patients
The Ministry of Health (MOH) has established a Long COVID-19 clinic at the Arima General Hospital, a one-stop solution shop catering for patients who have suffered mild and/or severe strains of the virus.
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FILE - Passengers stand at the Noerreport Metrostation in Copenhagen Denmark, Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022. Denmark has become one of the first European Union countries to scrap most pandemic restrictions as the country no longer considers the COVID-19 outbreak a socially critical disease. Bit by bit, many countries that have been especially hard-hit by the coronavirus are easing their tough, and often unpopular, restrictive measures to fight COVID-19 even as the omicron variant deemed less severe has caused cases to skyrocket. (Liselotte Sabroe/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)
‘Take back life’: More nations ease coronavirus restrictions
FILE - Nurse Lydia Holly prepares a child's COVID-19 vaccine dose, on Nov. 3, 2021, at Children's National Hospital in Washington. U.S. regulators are urging drugmaker Pfizer to apply for emergency authorization for a two-dose regimen of its COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 and under while awaiting data on a three-dose course, aiming to clear the way for the shots as soon as late February. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
Pfizer asks FDA to allow COVID-19 vaccine for kids under 5
An illustration of a person walking up a flight of stairs, with the last three steps being a COVID-19 vaccine bottle each, shown next to a large syringe. [Jawahir Al-Naimi/Al Jazeera]
When to have the booster jab if you have recently had COVID-19
The highly transmissible Omicron variant now accounts for nearly all of the coronavirus infections globally [File: Bagus Indahono/EPA]
BA.2: Omicron sub-variant detected in 57 countries, says WHO
Kerry Ramkissoon
Officer succumbs to Covid-19 complications day before returning to work
A worker prepares to administer a COVID-19 test at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Virus infections for Olympic athletes, coaches rising faster
An illustration shows one person on top of a steep hill while another man helps a friend ascend it. The hill symbolises the COVID-19 pandemic with people climbing it to see what lies ahead. There are clouds floating around and some smaller hills can be seen in the background. [Jawahir Al-Naimi/Al Jazeera]
Are we nearing the end of the COVID-19 pandemic?
FILE - Nurse Lydia Holly prepares a child's COVID-19 vaccine dose, on Nov. 3, 2021, at Children's National Hospital in Washington. U.S. regulators are urging drugmaker Pfizer to apply for emergency authorization for a two-dose regimen of its COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 and under while awaiting data on a three-dose course, aiming to clear the way for the shots as soon as late February. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
AP source: US urges Pfizer to apply for under-5 COVID shots
A medical staff member prepares a dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, at San Pedro Hospital in Spain. [File: Alvaro Barrientos/AP Photo]
Pandemic or endemic: Where is COVID heading next?
NCRHA CEO Davlin Thomas
NCRHA develops app to help positive patients manage illness
Arima General Hospital.
ABRAHAM DIAZ