Trade and Industry Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon couldn’t participate in yesterday’s discussions with visiting Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness because she’s currently in isolation after contracting COVID-19.
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley revealed this during yesterday’s press conference with Holness at the Diplomatic Centre, Port-of-Spain.
Speaking about trade between Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica, Rowley apologised for Gopee-Scoon’s absence, saying she should have been there yesterday.
“But unfortunately, she’s in isolation, she’s picked up COVID. So, she’s done a lot of work and she’s the person driving this process and making a lot of progress with it but unfortunately, she has to withdraw at this time,” the Prime Minister said.
Yesterday, Gopee-Scoon told Guardian Media she is doing fairly well and is under doctor’s care.
Gopee-Scoon is the latest Government Minister to have contracted the virus.
Many others in both Government and Opposition have had COVID-19.
Rowley was the first in Government to contract the virus in April 2021. He recently had a second bout of the virus in July.