Siparia family in quarantine gets 10 more days Mahindra Nigel Ramkalawan and his father Premnath
The Siparia family that lost a father and son hours apart to covid19 last week has been given an additional ten days to quarantine at home.
Verlenie Dass-Ramkalawan, 28, who tested positive for the virus, told Newsday that an official from the County Medical Health Office (St Patrick district) contacted the family on Monday.
The worried mother of two said the official also told them the family can reintegrate into society without additional tests after the ten days. What if, after the ten days, we are still carrying the virus? That is reckless and risky. We are trying to see if we can get some proper answers as to why we will not be tested again, Dass-Ramkalawan said.
Man, son die hours apart from covid19 in Siparia
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Andy Ramkalawan collects items for his family that were left by well wishers on a chair in front of the gate to the family s home at Murray Trace, Woodland, Siparia on Thursday. - ROGER JACOB
A Siparia family in quarantine had to go through the trauma of seeing not one but two of their loved ones rapidly decline and die from the covid19 virus while they awaited the arrival of ambulances.
Pensioner Premnath Ramkalawan, 66, died around 5 am on Thursday, while his son Mahindra Nigel, 38, died a few hours earlier, on Wednesday, at about 3 pm.
Newsday staffer dies of covid19 days after father
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Jennifer Mahadeo, 41, a page planner for the TT Newsday newspaper died from the coronavirus on Friday morning, days after her father Deonarine Mahadeo also died from the virus.
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A Chaguanas family is mourning the loss of two relatives who died from covid 19 within days of each other.
Jennifer Mahadeo, a page planner for Newsday, died on Friday morning after she complained of having trouble breathing.
Mahadeo, 41, was assigned to Newsday s El Socorro office, not the editorial department in Port of Spain, which houses reporters and editors.