COVID-19
Anglican Archbishop Rev Bishop Claude Berkley
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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 - People line up and receive test kits to detect COVID-19 as they are distributed in New York on Dec. 23, 2021. The COVID-19 surge caused by the omicron variant means once-reliable indicators of the pandemic's progress are much less so, complicating how the media is able to tell the story. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, File)
Omicron wave prompts media to rethink which data to report
Fully vaccinated person is latest COVID victim in Tobago
The anti-mandatory vaccination protesters outside City Hall in San Fernando, on Wednesday 12 January 2022. (Image by INNIS FRANCIS)
South entertainers stage anti-mandatory vax walk
President Joe Biden salutes as he boards Air Force One, Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. Biden is en route to Atlanta. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Biden sending more COVID tests to schools to keep them open
An illustration of a woman who has COVID-19 and is self-isolating. [Jawahir Al-Naimi/Al Jazeera]
Omicron surge: Should we shorten self-isolation time?
FILE - Maya Goode, a COVID-19 technician, performs a test on Jessica Sanchez outside Asthenis Pharmacy in Providence, R.I., Dec. 7, 2021. Scientists are seeing signals that COVID-19′s alarming omicron wave may have peaked in Britain and is about to do the same in the U.S., at which point cases may start dropping off dramatically. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)
Omicron may be headed for a rapid drop in Britain, US
FILE - Registered nurse Sara Nystrom, of Townshend, Vt., prepares to enter a patient's room in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, in Lebanon, N.H., Jan. 3, 2022. The omicron variant has caused a surge of new cases of COVID-19 in the U.S. and many hospitals are not only swamped with cases but severely shorthanded because of so many employees out with COVID-19. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)
US Health officials let COVID-infected staff stay on the job
People walk in Trocadero Square near the Eiffel Tower in Paris [File: Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters]
WHO warns against treating Covid-19 like flu
Mukesh Ramsingh, President of the Couva Point Lisas Chamber of Commerce. (Image by SHASTRI BOODAN)
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Couva Chamber wants Govt to reopen sporting activities
FILE - Dr. Robert Malone gestures as he stands in his barn, Wednesday July 22, 2020, in Madison, Va. An unfounded theory taking root online suggests millions of people have been hypnotized into believing mainstream ideas about COVID-19. In widely shared social media posts this week, efforts to combat the disease have been dismissed with just three words: mass formation psychosis. The term gained attention after it was floated by Malone during a Dec. 31, 2021 appearance on a podcast. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
‘Mass formation psychosis’: Unfounded theory used to dismiss COVID measures
19 more lives lost to COVID, 13 with comorbidities
FILE - A medical technician performs a nasal swab test on a motorist queued up in a line at a COVID-19 testing site near All City Stadium Dec. 30, 2021, in southeast Denver. Millions of workers whose jobs dont provide paid sick days are having to choose between their health and their paycheck as the omicron variant of COVID-19 rages across the nation. While many companies instituted more robust sick leave policies at the beginning of the pandemic, those have since been scaled back with the rollout of the vaccines, even though the omicron variant has managed to evade them. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
Stay home or work sick? Omicron poses a conundrum
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WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. (Image courtesy WHO)
Omicron less severe than Delta but still poses danger for unvaccinated, says WHO
(AL JAZEERA) — The highly infectious Omicron coronavirus variant causes less severe disease than the Delta strain but it remains a “dangerous virus”, particularly for those who are unvaccinated, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday.
DR CARISSA F. ETIENNE, Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). (Image: PAHO)
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PAHO: ‘Every corner’ of Americas is seeing increases in COVID cases
(AL JAZEERA) — Coronavirus infections are increasing in every country in the Americas and the Omicron variant has been detected in nearly every nation in the region, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) said, putting pressure on already strained health systems.
FILE - People line up and receive test kits to detect COVID-19 as they are distributed in New York on Dec. 23, 2021. The COVID-19 surge caused by the omicron variant means once-reliable indicators of the pandemic's progress are much less so, complicating how the media is able to tell the story. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, File)
Omicron wave prompts media to rethink which data to report
NEW YORK (AP) — For two years, coronavirus case counts and hospitalizations have been widely used barometers of the pandemic’s march across the world.
Fully vaccinated person is latest COVID victim in Tobago
A fully vaccinated person is the latest COVID-19 victim in Tobago, according to the update for Tuesday 11 January 2022, released by the Division of Health, Wellness and Social Protection, in the Tobago House of Assembly (THA).
The anti-mandatory vaccination protesters outside City Hall in San Fernando, on Wednesday 12 January 2022. (Image by INNIS FRANCIS)
South entertainers stage anti-mandatory vax walk
"My body. My choice!” was the chant from a group of citizens, as they walked from Pleasantville to San Fernando this morning, to protest against mandatory vaccination.
President Joe Biden salutes as he boards Air Force One, Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. Biden is en route to Atlanta. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Biden sending more COVID tests to schools to keep them open
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is increasing federal support for COVID-19 testing for schools in a bid to keep them open amid the omicron surge.
An illustration of a woman who has COVID-19 and is self-isolating. [Jawahir Al-Naimi/Al Jazeera]
Omicron surge: Should we shorten self-isolation time?
● Are quarantine rule changes based on the best health science or are they governed by the potential impact on the economy? ●
FILE - Maya Goode, a COVID-19 technician, performs a test on Jessica Sanchez outside Asthenis Pharmacy in Providence, R.I., Dec. 7, 2021. Scientists are seeing signals that COVID-19′s alarming omicron wave may have peaked in Britain and is about to do the same in the U.S., at which point cases may start dropping off dramatically. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)
Omicron may be headed for a rapid drop in Britain, US
Scientists are seeing signals that COVID-19′s alarming omicron wave may have peaked in Britain and is about to do the same in the U.S., at which point cases may start dropping off dramatically.
FILE - Registered nurse Sara Nystrom, of Townshend, Vt., prepares to enter a patient's room in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, in Lebanon, N.H., Jan. 3, 2022. The omicron variant has caused a surge of new cases of COVID-19 in the U.S. and many hospitals are not only swamped with cases but severely shorthanded because of so many employees out with COVID-19. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)
US Health officials let COVID-infected staff stay on the job
(AP) — Health authorities around the U.S. are increasingly taking the extraordinary step of allowing nurses and other workers infected with the coronavirus to stay on the job if they have mild symptoms or none at all.
People walk in Trocadero Square near the Eiffel Tower in Paris [File: Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters]
WHO warns against treating Covid-19 like flu
(AL JAZEERA) — The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned against treating COVID-19 as an endemic illness like flu, rather than as a pandemic, saying the spread of the Omicron variant has not yet stabilised.
Mukesh Ramsingh, President of the Couva Point Lisas Chamber of Commerce. (Image by SHASTRI BOODAN)
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Couva Chamber wants Govt to reopen sporting activities
The Couva Point Lisas Chamber of Commerce (CPCC) is calling on the Government to reopen sporting activities nationwide, as part of the strategy to beat COVID-19.
FILE - Dr. Robert Malone gestures as he stands in his barn, Wednesday July 22, 2020, in Madison, Va. An unfounded theory taking root online suggests millions of people have been hypnotized into believing mainstream ideas about COVID-19. In widely shared social media posts this week, efforts to combat the disease have been dismissed with just three words: mass formation psychosis. The term gained attention after it was floated by Malone during a Dec. 31, 2021 appearance on a podcast. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
‘Mass formation psychosis’: Unfounded theory used to dismiss COVID measures
(AP) — An unfounded theory taking root online suggests millions of people have been “hypnotized” into believing mainstream ideas about COVID-19, including steps to combat it such as testing and vaccination.
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DR CARISSA F. ETIENNE, Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). (Image: PAHO)
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PAHO: ‘Every corner’ of Americas is seeing increases in COVID cases
FILE - People line up and receive test kits to detect COVID-19 as they are distributed in New York on Dec. 23, 2021. The COVID-19 surge caused by the omicron variant means once-reliable indicators of the pandemic's progress are much less so, complicating how the media is able to tell the story. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, File)
Omicron wave prompts media to rethink which data to report
Fully vaccinated person is latest COVID victim in Tobago
The anti-mandatory vaccination protesters outside City Hall in San Fernando, on Wednesday 12 January 2022. (Image by INNIS FRANCIS)
South entertainers stage anti-mandatory vax walk
President Joe Biden salutes as he boards Air Force One, Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. Biden is en route to Atlanta. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Biden sending more COVID tests to schools to keep them open
An illustration of a woman who has COVID-19 and is self-isolating. [Jawahir Al-Naimi/Al Jazeera]
Omicron surge: Should we shorten self-isolation time?
FILE - Maya Goode, a COVID-19 technician, performs a test on Jessica Sanchez outside Asthenis Pharmacy in Providence, R.I., Dec. 7, 2021. Scientists are seeing signals that COVID-19′s alarming omicron wave may have peaked in Britain and is about to do the same in the U.S., at which point cases may start dropping off dramatically. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)
Omicron may be headed for a rapid drop in Britain, US
FILE - Registered nurse Sara Nystrom, of Townshend, Vt., prepares to enter a patient's room in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, in Lebanon, N.H., Jan. 3, 2022. The omicron variant has caused a surge of new cases of COVID-19 in the U.S. and many hospitals are not only swamped with cases but severely shorthanded because of so many employees out with COVID-19. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)
US Health officials let COVID-infected staff stay on the job
People walk in Trocadero Square near the Eiffel Tower in Paris [File: Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters]
WHO warns against treating Covid-19 like flu
Mukesh Ramsingh, President of the Couva Point Lisas Chamber of Commerce. (Image by SHASTRI BOODAN)
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Couva Chamber wants Govt to reopen sporting activities
FILE - Dr. Robert Malone gestures as he stands in his barn, Wednesday July 22, 2020, in Madison, Va. An unfounded theory taking root online suggests millions of people have been hypnotized into believing mainstream ideas about COVID-19. In widely shared social media posts this week, efforts to combat the disease have been dismissed with just three words: mass formation psychosis. The term gained attention after it was floated by Malone during a Dec. 31, 2021 appearance on a podcast. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)