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Anglican Archbishop Rev Bishop Claude Berkley
NICOLE DRAYTON
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
71 COVID-19 deaths for this week alone
CARPHA implements whole genome sequencing for Member States to identify COVID-19 variants
FAO concerned by low vaccination rates
Recent COVID deaths decreased ICU occupancy
This October 2021 photo provided by Pfizer shows boxes of kid-size doses of its COVID-19 vaccine. The U.S. moved a step closer to expanding vaccinations for millions more children as a panel of government advisers on Tuesday, Oct. 26, endorsed kid-size doses of Pfizer's shots for 5- to 11-year-olds. (Pfizer via AP)
EXPLAINER: What to know about vaccines for kids aged 5-11
FILE This October 2021, photo provided by Pfizer shows kid-size doses of its COVID-19 vaccine in Puurs, Belgium. (Pfizer via AP, File)
COVID-19 vaccine campaign expands to elementary-age children
This October 2021 photo provided by Pfizer shows boxes of kid-size doses of its COVID-19 vaccine. The U.S. moved a step closer to expanding vaccinations for millions more children as a panel of government advisers on Tuesday, Oct. 26, endorsed kid-size doses of Pfizer's shots for 5- to 11-year-olds. (Pfizer via AP)
COVID vaccine for younger kids already being packed, shipped
“We are traumatised and exhausted”, says ICU nurse as COVID infections continue to rise
An elderly man receives a shot of the COVID-19 vaccine during a vaccination campaign at a community health center in Tangerang on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021. Biotechnology company Novavax said Monday that Indonesia has given the world's first emergency use authorization for its COVID-19 vaccine, which uses a different technology than currently used shots. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
Indonesia first to green light Novavax COVID-19 vaccine
About the new Delta coronavirus subvariant AY.4.2
Alcohol permissible in ‘safe zones’ from today
Associated Press chart showing steady rise in COVID-19 deaths from April 2020 to October 2021. (Image courtesy AP Graphics)
COVID-19′s global death toll tops 5 million in under 2 years
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COVAXIN(TM) (BBV152) is Indias first indigenous, whole-virion, inactivated vaccine developed by Bharat Biotech in collaboration with the Indian Medical Research Council (ICMR) and the National Institute of Virology (NIV) for the treatment of highly infectious disease Covid-19. (Image courtesy Clinical Trials Arena / Bharat Biotech)
COVAXIN is latest WHO Approved COVID-19 Vaccine
Trinidad and Tobago has another vaccine in its arsenal to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, following the World Health Organization (WHO) granting Emergency Use Listing (EUL) approval for the Bharat BBV152 COVAXIN COVID-19 Vaccine.
A team of health officials register members of the public to take the COVID-19 vaccine at SAPA in San Fernando, yesterday.
INNIS FRANCIS
Ministry to roll out 3rd vaccine doses to specific groups of people
Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh has said that additional primary vaccine doses will be administered to different categories of people who have already received two shots.
71 COVID-19 deaths for this week alone
The Ministry of Health has revealed that 14 additional people have succumbed to COVID-19, making it 71 fatalities recorded for the week to date.
CARPHA implements whole genome sequencing for Member States to identify COVID-19 variants
CARPHA, the Caribbean Public Health Agency, will incorporate whole genome sequencing (WGS) testing to detect COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) variants, from Monday 15th November 2021, at the CARPHA Medical Microbiology Laboratory (CMML).
FAO concerned by low vaccination rates
“The challenge to return to normalcy is enormous as the anti-vaxxers intensify their campaigns.”
Recent COVID deaths decreased ICU occupancy
The country's Intensive Care Units for COVID-19 treatment have been threatening to overflow for the past 16 days. But as of Wednesday morning, the ICUs in Trinidad are less occupied than last week's peak.
This October 2021 photo provided by Pfizer shows boxes of kid-size doses of its COVID-19 vaccine. The U.S. moved a step closer to expanding vaccinations for millions more children as a panel of government advisers on Tuesday, Oct. 26, endorsed kid-size doses of Pfizer's shots for 5- to 11-year-olds. (Pfizer via AP)
EXPLAINER: What to know about vaccines for kids aged 5-11
(AP) — Vaccinations finally are available to U.S. children as young as 5, to the relief of some parents even as others have questions or fears.
FILE This October 2021, photo provided by Pfizer shows kid-size doses of its COVID-19 vaccine in Puurs, Belgium. (Pfizer via AP, File)
COVID-19 vaccine campaign expands to elementary-age children
(AP) — The U.S. enters a new phase Wednesday in its COVID-19 vaccination campaign, with shots now available to millions of elementary-age children in what health officials hailed as a major breakthrough after more than 18 months of illness, hospitalizations, deaths and disrupted education.
This October 2021 photo provided by Pfizer shows boxes of kid-size doses of its COVID-19 vaccine. The U.S. moved a step closer to expanding vaccinations for millions more children as a panel of government advisers on Tuesday, Oct. 26, endorsed kid-size doses of Pfizer's shots for 5- to 11-year-olds. (Pfizer via AP)
COVID vaccine for younger kids already being packed, shipped
WASHINGTON (AP) — Anticipating a green light from vaccine advisers, the Biden administration is assembling and shipping millions of COVID-19 shots for children ages 5-11, the White House said Monday. The first could go into kids’ arms by midweek.
“We are traumatised and exhausted”, says ICU nurse as COVID infections continue to rise
"Nursie, I could video call my relative?” a 26-year-old patient asked as he lay at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Couva Hospital and Multi-Training Facility.
An elderly man receives a shot of the COVID-19 vaccine during a vaccination campaign at a community health center in Tangerang on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021. Biotechnology company Novavax said Monday that Indonesia has given the world's first emergency use authorization for its COVID-19 vaccine, which uses a different technology than currently used shots. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
Indonesia first to green light Novavax COVID-19 vaccine
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Biotechnology company Novavax said Monday that Indonesia has given the world’s first emergency use authorization for its COVID-19 vaccine, which uses a different technology than current shots.
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A team of health officials register members of the public to take the COVID-19 vaccine at SAPA in San Fernando, yesterday.
INNIS FRANCIS
Ministry to roll out 3rd vaccine doses to specific groups of people
71 COVID-19 deaths for this week alone
CARPHA implements whole genome sequencing for Member States to identify COVID-19 variants
FAO concerned by low vaccination rates
Recent COVID deaths decreased ICU occupancy
This October 2021 photo provided by Pfizer shows boxes of kid-size doses of its COVID-19 vaccine. The U.S. moved a step closer to expanding vaccinations for millions more children as a panel of government advisers on Tuesday, Oct. 26, endorsed kid-size doses of Pfizer's shots for 5- to 11-year-olds. (Pfizer via AP)
EXPLAINER: What to know about vaccines for kids aged 5-11
FILE This October 2021, photo provided by Pfizer shows kid-size doses of its COVID-19 vaccine in Puurs, Belgium. (Pfizer via AP, File)
COVID-19 vaccine campaign expands to elementary-age children
This October 2021 photo provided by Pfizer shows boxes of kid-size doses of its COVID-19 vaccine. The U.S. moved a step closer to expanding vaccinations for millions more children as a panel of government advisers on Tuesday, Oct. 26, endorsed kid-size doses of Pfizer's shots for 5- to 11-year-olds. (Pfizer via AP)
COVID vaccine for younger kids already being packed, shipped
“We are traumatised and exhausted”, says ICU nurse as COVID infections continue to rise
An elderly man receives a shot of the COVID-19 vaccine during a vaccination campaign at a community health center in Tangerang on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021. Biotechnology company Novavax said Monday that Indonesia has given the world's first emergency use authorization for its COVID-19 vaccine, which uses a different technology than currently used shots. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)