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More immigration officers go for COVID tests today as cases climb
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Nurse Gomes Prevatt gets T&T’s first Covid vaccine, as Deyalsingh vows to ‘control the virus’
Today, amid some fanfare, nurse Keisha Gomes Prevatt became the first person in Trinidad and Tobago to be vaccinated for Covid-19. The vaccination concluded a Ministry of Health press conference that took place at the Couva Hospital and Multi-training Facility.
Minister of Health Terrence Deyalsingh said that the current health measures help us manage the pandemic, but they are not enough to get us back to normal life as we knew it.
Photo: Minister of Health Terrence Deyalsingh.
“These physical measures will not take us to that place,” he said. “What will take us to that place is controlling the virus where we have dominion over the virus and the best way to do that is by employing a tried, proven, tested, old remedy used in the modern era since 1796.”
Doctors: Covid19 masks may combat Sahara dust effects
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FACE masks worn against covid19 transmission will also help curb respiratory ailments caused by the current high levels of Sahara dust, two speakers advised at Monday s Ministry of Health virtual briefing on covid19, in reply to a question.
These were former health minister Dr Emmanuel Hosein and PAHO representative Dr Erica Wheeler.
Newsday had asked if Sahara dust raises one s vulnerability to contracting covid19.
Hosein replied, What has emerged is that any form of pollution, atmospheric pollution, has increased the risk of consequences of the covid virus. In addition, the incidents of asthma with the Sahara dust show an increase. Asthmatics and persons with obstructive lung problems are at increased risk. So from that point of view, it does impose an increased risk of consequences in the circumstances.
Deyalsingh waits for legal advice
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