COVID-19 in Trinidad & Tobago (Local Updates & Discussions Only)

[nemisis]

With deaths surpassing 700 a day he feel.the us wouldn't ramp up usage of malaria drugs if it was effective? Trump desperate and on record stated they using dying individuals as guninea pigs. If they were getting positive results you figure he wouldn't have tweeted it out at his first opportunity

[ron_28]

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The "first case" of the confirmed cases in this update, no recent travel, no contact with persons who has covid or positive. Could this be the first confirmed community spread case.

[The_Honourable]

FINALLY thank god the FDA has come to their senses

This will save us even if it was originally developed for malaria, it works well in most cases for covid

Allyuh ready to take a malaria drug? at worse you not gonna die besides it is safe even if we wiped out malaria in this region a long time ago

Wait... the same drugs leftist media in the US was beating up about because Trump saw as a way forward to a possible vaccine or cure? and want to blame him because some clown ups and took chloroquine phosphate additive that is used to clean fish bowls?

Anyways good luck to the FDA and the companies looking into these drugs for a possible vaccine.

Meanwhile Abbot Labs got approved by the FDA for a 5 minute coronavirus test.

[hydroep]

"WHO" can you trust?...

[The_Honourable]

New rapid coronavirus diagnostic test can provide results in as little as 5 minutes



A new novel coronavirustest may make diagnosing COVID-19 as easy as the flu. The new point-of-care test, having just received an emergency-use authorization by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), will be able to deliver results in as little as five minutes, according to the manufacturer.

This test from medical device company Abbott, which begins shipping April 1, may soon be available at your local urgent care clinic.

"This is going to be the fastest molecular point-of-care test to date," said John Frels, Ph.D., Abbott’s vice president of research and development, in an interview with ABC News. "It generates a positive result in 5 minutes and negative results in 13 minutes."

More: https://abcnews.go.com/Health/rapid-cor ... d=69875037

[Gladiator]

The first thing Trump should do after this COVID thing is to pull ALL US funding from the WHO ... They make Deyalsingh look like a boss

"WHO" can you trust?...

[triniterribletim]

Please, for the love of God do not attempt to self medicate with hydroxychloroquine. The difference between the therapeutic dosage and a toxic dosage is minuscule and you will very likely poison yourself. Azithromycin, which it must be combined with in a specific dosage is also not available OTC like hydroxychloroquine is, and the cost isn't very pocket friendly either. Had a RTI and Zithromax was $96 for 3.

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

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"First case - person has no history of recent travel or contact with a positive case"

[Gladiator]

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"First case - person has no history of recent travel or contact with a positive case"

Community Spread!!!

[Gladiator]

Pundit, wife positive for COVID-19
by

Radhica De Silva
16 hours ago
Tue Mar 31 2020

RADHICA DE SILVA

radhica.sookraj@guardian.co.tt

A prominent Debe pundit and his wife have tested positive for COVID-19.

Since his hospitalisation, many of his family, friends and devotees are now scared that they too may have contracted the virus.

A relative who requested anonymity said yesterday that both the pundit and his wife are warded at the Couva Hospital and were said to be doing well.

Both were picked up at their home by police last week Thursday and were taken straight to the Couva Hospital after they began experiencing symptoms consistent with COVID-19.

However, the relative said although the pundit was hospitalised Hindu devotees from Ramai Trace were continuing to have hour-long prayer sessions on Friday nights which are attended by 30 to 50 people.

“People seem to think that if they pray and do pooja they will be safe but they are not realising that the only way to be safe is to stay inside and do not congregate,” the relative added.

Meanwhile, the spiritual head of SWAHA Inc, Paramacharya Pundit Hardeo Persad, called on Hindus to uphold social distancing.

“At present, many citizens are celebrating or are preparing to celebrate some religious occasion: Easter, Ramadan or, in the context of Hindus, Nauraatum and upcoming Raam Navami and Hanuman Jayanti celebrations. It is indeed portentous that such a flourish of religious occasions coincides with the current pandemic that plagues. Although mass congregation cannot and should not happen now, we can and should continue to worship in the safety of our homes,” Persad said.

Saying Dharma or duty is a quintessential principle of Hinduism and one that ought to steer people forward at all times, Persad said, “It is in this light that civic duty or civic responsibility is of utmost importance in current circumstances—stay at home and pray with increased reverence, devotion and sanctity.”

He noted that for Hindus, Ram Navami and Hanuman Jayanti are two key upcoming religious celebrations.

“Let us prepare our minds and bodies to fulfil our spiritual obligations while maintaining the laws of the land. God is omnipresent and can, therefore, be worshipped anywhere. I, therefore, urge you to celebrate these occasions in your homes, using any of the following methods prescribed in Hinduism,” he said.

He encouraged Hindus to intensify their devotion and abide by the restrictions at this time.

“There are many benefits to be gained in maximising this solitude. It is an opportunity to reflect on your spiritual growth and the ways in which you can advance mentally and spiritually,” he said.

“Let’s not waste this peculiar opportunity that we have been given. Remember that to every beginning there is an end. Every cloud has a silver lining and the darkness that hovers over our land will eventually pass.”

[The_Honourable]

However, the relative said although the pundit was hospitalised Hindu devotees from Ramai Trace were continuing to have hour-long prayer sessions on Friday nights which are attended by 30 to 50 people.

Bring back corporal punishment yes...

They HARDEN dred... is big stick and belt to cut dey tail with.

[redmanjp]

ttps didn't lock dem up for gathering?

[screwbash]

d US now arguing that wearing a mask can prevent the spread. things the chinese know already as all the chinese grocery in trinidad have on the mask since 3 weeks ago. wear allyuh mask people.

[screwbash]

Much of the report focuses on understanding how China achieved what many public health experts thought was impossible: containing the spread of a widely circulating respiratory virus. “China has rolled out perhaps the most ambitious, agile, and aggressive disease containment effort in history,” the report notes.

The most dramatic—and controversial—measure was the lockdown of Wuhan and nearby cities in Hubei province, which has put at least 50 million people under a mandatory quarantine since 23 January. That has “effectively prevented further exportation of infected individuals to the rest of the country,” the report concludes. In other regions of mainland China, people voluntarily quarantined and were monitored by appointed leaders in neighborhoods.
Aggressive “social distancing” measures implemented in the entire country included canceling sporting events and shuttering theaters. Schools extended breaks that began in mid-January for the Lunar New Year. Many businesses closed shop. Anyone who went outdoors had to wear a mask.
As a consequence of all of these measures, public life is very reduced,” the report notes. But the measures worked. In the end, infected people rarely spread the virus to anyone but members of their own household, Leung says. Once all the people in an apartment or home were exposed, the virus had nowhere else to go and chains of transmission ended. “That’s how the epidemic truly came under control,” Leung says.

[daring dragoon]

d US now arguing that wearing a mask can prevent the spread. things the chinese know already as all the chinese grocery in trinidad have on the mask since 3 weeks ago. wear allyuh mask people.

where selling the 3M N95 mask locally ?

[matr1x]

Kinda easy to control it, when you intentionally start it. China did this with a purpose

[shake d livin wake d dead]

Kinda easy to control it, when you intentionally start it. China did this with a purpose

One can simply say that China just won "world war 3" without pointing a gun.

China now only has imported cases and their stock market and other businesses are back up and mass production is taking place. This virus was let out immediately after Trump imposed that 25% and China answered with COVID 19. They sacrificed a few thousand persons and they are literally back to normal. USA and EUROPE under pressure(simply put).

[matr1x]

The big question is how should the world respond?

The Chinese are some of the worst on the planet. Google shark finning.

[sMASH]

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"First case - person has no history of recent travel or contact with a positive case"

Community Spread!!!

sooo, how were they able to test for covid?

[Miktay]

Exclusive: Captain of aircraft carrier with growing coronavirus outbreak pleads for help from Navy

The captain of a nuclear aircraft carrier with more than 100 sailors infected with the coronavirus pleaded Monday with U.S. Navy officials for resources to allow isolation of his entire crew and avoid possible deaths in a situation he described as quickly deteriorating.

The unusual plea from Capt. Brett Crozier, a Santa Rosa native, came in a letter obtained exclusively by The Chronicle and confirmed by a senior officer on board the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt, which has been docked in Guam following a COVID-19 outbreak among the crew of more than 4,000 less than a week ago.

“This will require a political solution but it is the right thing to do,” Crozier wrote. “We are not at war. Sailors do not need to die. If we do not act now, we are failing to properly take care of our most trusted asset — our Sailors.”

In the four-page letter to senior military officials, Crozier said only a small contingent of infected sailors have been off-boarded. Most of the crew remain aboard the ship, where following official guidelines for 14-day quarantines and social distancing is impossible.

“Due to a warship’s inherent limitations of space, we are not doing this,” Crozier wrote. “The spread of the disease is ongoing and accelerating.”
He asked for “compliant quarantine rooms” on shore in Guam for his entire crew “as soon as possible.”

“Removing the majority of personnel from a deployed U.S. nuclear aircraft carrier and isolating them for two weeks may seem like an extraordinary measure. ... This is a necessary risk,” Crozier wrote. “Keeping over 4,000 young men and women on board the TR is an unnecessary risk and breaks faith with those Sailors entrusted to our care.”

[I spann]

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where selling the 3M N95 mask locally ?[/quote]
V and L pharmacy on El Socorro rd have N95 masks 4 for $100

[88sins]

Pundit, wife positive for COVID-19
by

Radhica De Silva
16 hours ago
Tue Mar 31 2020

RADHICA DE SILVA

radhica.sookraj@guardian.co.tt

A prominent Debe pundit and his wife have tested positive for COVID-19.

Since his hospitalisation, many of his family, friends and devotees are now scared that they too may have contracted the virus.

A relative who requested anonymity said yesterday that both the pundit and his wife are warded at the Couva Hospital and were said to be doing well.

Both were picked up at their home by police last week Thursday and were taken straight to the Couva Hospital after they began experiencing symptoms consistent with COVID-19.

However, the relative said although the pundit was hospitalised Hindu devotees from Ramai Trace were continuing to have hour-long prayer sessions on Friday nights which are attended by 30 to 50 people.

“People seem to think that if they pray and do pooja they will be safe but they are not realising that the only way to be safe is to stay inside and do not congregate,” the relative added.

Meanwhile, the spiritual head of SWAHA Inc, Paramacharya Pundit Hardeo Persad, called on Hindus to uphold social distancing.

“At present, many citizens are celebrating or are preparing to celebrate some religious occasion: Easter, Ramadan or, in the context of Hindus, Nauraatum and upcoming Raam Navami and Hanuman Jayanti celebrations. It is indeed portentous that such a flourish of religious occasions coincides with the current pandemic that plagues. Although mass congregation cannot and should not happen now, we can and should continue to worship in the safety of our homes,” Persad said.

Saying Dharma or duty is a quintessential principle of Hinduism and one that ought to steer people forward at all times, Persad said, “It is in this light that civic duty or civic responsibility is of utmost importance in current circumstances—stay at home and pray with increased reverence, devotion and sanctity.”

He noted that for Hindus, Ram Navami and Hanuman Jayanti are two key upcoming religious celebrations.

“Let us prepare our minds and bodies to fulfil our spiritual obligations while maintaining the laws of the land. God is omnipresent and can, therefore, be worshipped anywhere. I, therefore, urge you to celebrate these occasions in your homes, using any of the following methods prescribed in Hinduism,” he said.

He encouraged Hindus to intensify their devotion and abide by the restrictions at this time.

“There are many benefits to be gained in maximising this solitude. It is an opportunity to reflect on your spiritual growth and the ways in which you can advance mentally and spiritually,” he said.

“Let’s not waste this peculiar opportunity that we have been given. Remember that to every beginning there is an end. Every cloud has a silver lining and the darkness that hovers over our land will eventually pass.”

Me wonders if dis d same Ramai trace where Nalini that cuss out Kerron living.

If it is, could this be oincidence? Or karma

[88sins]

So, it looks like confirmed cases going to hit the 1 million mark before this weekend.

[shake d livin wake d dead]

So, it looks like confirmed cases going to hit the 1 million mark before this weekend.

By thursday night into friday morning

[sMASH]

Shakes....

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[EFFECTIC DESIGNS]

FINALLY thank god the FDA has come to their senses

This will save us even if it was originally developed for malaria, it works well in most cases for covid

Allyuh ready to take a malaria drug? at worse you not gonna die besides it is safe even if we wiped out malaria in this region a long time ago

Wait... the same drugs leftist media in the US was beating up about because Trump saw as a way forward to a possible vaccine or cure? and want to blame him because some clown ups and took chloroquine phosphate additive that is used to clean fish bowls?

Anyways good luck to the FDA and the companies looking into these drugs for a possible vaccine.

Meanwhile Abbot Labs got approved by the FDA for a 5 minute coronavirus test.

Correct is right, this shows how dangerous the leftist agenda actually is, they are willing to kill people and prevent them from getting access to a life saving medication just to try and prove a leftist point

There is a reason CNN stands for Clown News Network and MSNBC stands for More Sh!t Nothing But Crap

[MaxPower]

The big question is how should the world respond?

The Chinese are some of the worst on the planet. Google shark finning.

Or the dog meat trade.

I would save all the dogs instead of every man, woman and child in China or any other countries that practice this cruelty.

[shake d livin wake d dead]

Through the pipeline: death #5 late last night

@ smash...yuh like sheit eh....lmao

[rexsmith]

what is the deal with St Vincent they got one case the person recovered and then no more cases. what is their secret.
i guess we reach community spread.

[carluva]

The big question is how should the world respond?

The Chinese are some of the worst on the planet. Google shark finning.

How can anyone respond? China is a Global Superpower. Coming out of this pandemic, China will be stronger than ever and will remain there for a long time.

In spite of what people think of them as a Nation, China has achieved Global dominance and will now become the largest economy in the world with the ability to shape the economies of other countries simply by cutting off the exports to the same.

With its wealth, China has the ability to tap into the resources of other countries such as those in Africa.

In summary, the world cannot respond simply because it will be unable to.