3 children positive for covid19 stable at Couva hospital
Sunday 13 December 2020
In this April 29, 2020 file photo an ambulance enters the Couva Hospital and Multi-Training Facility. Three children positive for covid19 are stable at the hospital, the Chief Medical Officer said on Saturday. -
Chief Medical Officer Dr Roshan Parasram says the three children warded at the Couva Hospital are stable.
Speaking at the virtual covid19 press conference on Saturday morning, he said two were suffering from multi-system inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) and one was immuno-compromised. He added that they were not in the high dependency unit or the intensive care unit.
Deyalsingh: Covid19 vaccine will be free of charge
Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh
Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh said when the covid19 vaccine becomes available to the population at large, “all human beings” including non-nationals, would have access to it free of charge.
He recalled that in 2019 Cabinet approved the provision of public health care to non-nationals including “immunisation and treatment of communicable diseases” and “other high-risk infectious diseases.”
He reminded that under the Covax facility, TT would receive vaccines approved by the World Health Organization. And although the Pfizer vaccine has been approved for emergency use in the United States, UK, Canada, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, no covid19 vaccine has been approved by WHO.