Casan­dra Thomp­son-Forbes

To­ba­go has an­oth­er record­ed a pos­i­tive COVID-19 case, the is­land's sixth and the first in over four months.

A press re­lease is­sued by the Di­vi­sion of Health, Well­ness and Fam­i­ly De­vel­op­ment on Sat­ur­day night said the in­di­vid­ual re­cent­ly jour­neyed to To­ba­go from Trinidad.

The di­vi­sion said the per­son was test­ed in Trinidad as part of the on­go­ing com­mu­ni­ty sur­veil­lance test­ing but jour­neyed to To­ba­go be­fore the re­sults were re­ceived. As such, the in­di­vid­ual was im­me­di­ate­ly iso­lat­ed.

The DHWFD said the per­son is sta­ble and cur­rent­ly re­ceiv­ing treat­ment at the COVID-19 Treat­ment Fa­cil­i­ty at Fort King George, while con­tact trac­ing is on­go­ing and close, pri­ma­ry con­tacts have been quar­an­tined and are be­ing test­ed.

Sources told Guardian Me­dia that the in­di­vid­ual was a guest at a ho­tel in the Crown Point area, caus­ing it to be put on lock­down and un­der guard by po­lice and army per­son­nel.

On an­oth­er is­sue cir­cu­lat­ing in the pub­lic do­main, the re­lease said the Of­fice of the Coun­ty Med­ical Of­fi­cer of Health re­ceived a re­port of a pas­sen­ger who ar­rived in To­ba­go on the in­ter-is­land fer­ry on Au­gust 8, 2020, who had been ex­hibit­ing flu-like symp­toms. It said the in­di­vid­ual was med­ical­ly ex­am­ined and was not found to be ex­hibit­ing any flu-like symp­toms.

The di­vi­sion and the To­ba­go Re­gion­al Health Au­thor­i­ty (TRHA) as­sured the pub­lic that all pro­ce­dures and pro­to­cols are in place for COVID-19 but re­mind­ed the pub­lic that the virus is not over so every­one should en­sure they prac­tice all pre­ven­ta­tive mea­sures.