The Of­fice of the Prime Min­is­ter has con­firmed that Prime Min­is­ter Dr Kei­th Row­ley MP is now out of iso­la­tion and has test­ed neg­a­tive for COVID-19.

The PM’s Of­fice is­sued the fol­low­ing brief state­ment on its Face­book Page a short while ago:

“Prime Min­is­ter Dr the Hon Kei­th Row­ley is now out of iso­la­tion hav­ing test­ed neg­a­tive for COVID-19 for a sec­ond time af­ter he was re­cent­ly iden­ti­fied as a pri­ma­ry con­tact of an in­di­vid­ual who test­ed pos­i­tive for COVID-19.”

This re­cent COVID-19 scare comes just six months af­ter Dr Row­ley him­self re­cov­ered from the dis­ease.

The PM’s Of­fice had alert­ed the na­tion over the week­end that Dr Row­ley had been iden­ti­fied as a pri­ma­ry con­tact of some­one who had test­ed COVID-19 pos­i­tive, and that he would re­main in iso­la­tion un­til two con­sec­u­tive tests showed him to be neg­a­tive.

It was even­tu­al­ly re­vealed that MP for To­ba­go East Ayan­na Web­ster-Roy was the per­son who had come in­to con­tact with PM Row­ley, and who had test­ed COVID-19 pos­i­tive.

Min­is­ter Web­ster-Roy con­firmed the news in her so­cial me­dia that she and her fam­i­ly had con­tract­ed the virus, with the ex­cep­tion of her nine-year-old son.

PM Row­ley is ful­ly vac­ci­nat­ed with the Sinopharm COVID-19 vac­cine, hav­ing re­ceived his two shots in Ju­ly and Au­gust this year.

Min­is­ter Web­ster-Roy al­so is ful­ly vac­ci­nat­ed, hav­ing re­ceived the Sinopharm COVID-19 vac­cine back in June.