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

[paid_influencer]

well that's all I needed to know. back to the bunker. stay home, stay safe

[K74T]

It was already decided since the 16th. Basically was just the public announcement today.

[aaron17]

Same here

[widdyphuck]

Waste of time press conference.

[DMan7]

[aaron17]

Damn 17 deaths?

[DMan7]

But check the number of patients in ICU and HDU it has been reduced drastically. I think there may be a huge decline in the number of critical patients in the hospitals now and we've seen the bulk of all deaths in the previous weeks.

[redmanjp]

But check the number of patients in ICU and HDU it has been reduced drastically. I think there may be a huge decline in the number of critical patients in the hospitals now and we've seen the bulk of all deaths in the previous weeks.

a decline? that is only because a lot of them dead, and also the addition of pt fortin. within minutes it will be filling up again due to the continued high no of cases.

[pugboy]

yup,
and beds up to 455

if we keep getting numbers 300-500 every day
by sometime this week hospitals gonna be full.....

But check the number of patients in ICU and HDU it has been reduced drastically. I think there may be a huge decline in the number of critical patients in the hospitals now and we've seen the bulk of all deaths in the previous weeks.

a decline? that is only because a lot of them dead, and also the addition of pt fortin. within minutes it will be filling up again due to the continued high no of cases.

[Dohplaydat]

But check the number of patients in ICU and HDU it has been reduced drastically. I think there may be a huge decline in the number of critical patients in the hospitals now and we've seen the bulk of all deaths in the previous weeks.

Wait till tomorrow, I've seen them do this a few times.

Most likely these were 'vacant' as people died. But tomorrow they will be filled again.

[redmanjp]

increasing bed space only buys time. perhaps days. we still need to reduce the spread. there isn't a reduction in new daily cases yet. only perhaps less than what was the PROJECTED number of cases had we not locked down and declared an SOE. and even those beds are not guaranteed to have adequate care and equipment at this time.

[Dohplaydat]

increasing bed space only buys time. perhaps days. we still need to reduce the spread. they isn't a reduction in new daily cases yet. only perhaps less than what was the PROJECTED number of cases had we not locked down and declared an SOE. and even those beds are not guaranteed to have adequate care and equipment at this time.

The increase had slowed down, but it's still increasing.

Based on what they said it seems we'll be in a perpetual state of high Covid for the next 3 to 4 months.

10% vaccinations by end of August? That has to be a joke.

10% is pathetic

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

509 cases
17 deaths
1032 tests
49.3% positivity

that positivity still hovering around half of those tested

[novastar1]

But check the number of patients in ICU and HDU it has been reduced drastically. I think there may be a huge decline in the number of critical patients in the hospitals now and we've seen the bulk of all deaths in the previous weeks.

ICU patients numbers decreased because they are all dead
I just can't tell if your post is meant to have a /sarcasm at the end

[novastar1]

yup,
and beds up to 455

if we keep getting numbers 300-500 every day
by sometime this week hospitals gonna be full.....

But check the number of patients in ICU and HDU it has been reduced drastically. I think there may be a huge decline in the number of critical patients in the hospitals now and we've seen the bulk of all deaths in the previous weeks.

a decline? that is only because a lot of them dead, and also the addition of pt fortin. within minutes it will be filling up again due to the continued high no of cases.

Sometime this week seems to be today
Of course 17 patient spaces just became available

[ST Auto]

https://trinidadexpress.com/news/local/ ... ium=social

*Indian seaman dies on ship*

*...Covid suspected*

The Covid-19 virus is suspected to have taken the life of a seaman aboard an oil/chemical tanker anchored in the waters off Brighton, La Brea.
The body of the victim, an Indian national, was taken off the Norwegian-flagged Straum on Tuesday.
A second seaman was transferred from the vessel to the Caura Hospital, with symptoms of the Covid-19 virus.
As of Friday night, the vessel was still anchored in Trinidad and Tobago territorial waters.

According to websites tracking the movement of large vessels, the Straum arrived off La Brea on May 1, after an almost six-day trip from Tampa, Florida.
There were no other ports of call between the United States and Trinidad.
The information on the suspected Covid-19 case was recorded in a police report in the South Western Division.
The report identified the deceased Indian national as Jagdish Ratilal Bamania, who was pronounced dead on board.

He was 44 years old.
Another Indian national, also in his 40s, was taken to hospital, after exhibiting flu-like symptoms.
He is now at the Arima step-down facility.
Police said no one was allowed to disembark the vessel.
It is not known how many crew are aboard the vessel.

[pugboy]

somebody say indian variant ?

[sMASH]

somebody say indian variant ?

winston ragoo? sister devi? tervor sayers?

how come caaawwwwfaaaa cant say what proportions of the cases we have are due to what variants ?

[jhonnieblue]

The test to determine specific variant takes very long and there isn't capacity to do a this for every positive covid test. It's random sampling based on predetermined patterns of infection.

somebody say indian variant ?

winston ragoo? sister devi? tervor sayers?

how come caaawwwwfaaaa cant say what proportions of the cases we have are due to what variants ?

[sMASH]

The test to determine specific variant takes very long and there isn't capacity to do a this for every positive covid test. It's random sampling based on predetermined patterns of infection.

somebody say indian variant ?

winston ragoo? sister devi? tervor sayers?

how come caaawwwwfaaaa cant say what proportions of the cases we have are due to what variants ?

at least do some sampling on some of the samples. or they afraid of what story the variants might tell... that people was in and out the country like normal... 1% that is.

[pugboy]

tbh any vessel with indian nationals should be really treated carefully because
nobody really checking who coming in contact with crew etc

[cornfused]

While we need to do more vaccination we can only vaccinate when we have the medicine. Throwing up a line chart with other vaccination rates in the Caribbean says very little.

We have not been getting many vaccines as our neighbors. Not nearly, one reason is that we generally had this well-managed and other countries were in crisis. Covax did not see us a priority.

Anyone can remember our first vaccines were a gift from Barbados 2,000

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

For the whole of 2020 we had covid 127 deaths
By the end of April 2021 we had 169 deaths
We've had 196 deaths in May 2021 alone and there are still 9 days to go in May

May alone so far has had 54% more covid related deaths than the WHOLE of 2020

[widdyphuck]

For the whole of 2020 we had covid 127 deaths
By the end of April 2021 we had 169 deaths
We've had 196 deaths in May 2021 alone and there are still 9 days to go in May

May alone so far has had 54% more covid related deaths than the WHOLE of 2020

And the cases don't seem to be slowing down.
RIP to Trinidadians and there livelihood.

[novastar1]

While we need to do more vaccination we can only

vaccinate when we have the medicine. Throwing up a line chart with other vaccination rates in the Caribbean says very little. .

We have not been getting much vaccines as our neighbours. Not nearly , one reason is that we generally had this well managed
nd other other countries were in crisis. Covax did not see us a a priority.

Any one can remember our first vaccines were a gift from Barbados 2,000

Covax didn't see us as a priority?

Where did you get this info?

[Redress10]

While we need to do more vaccination we can only

vaccinate when we have the medicine. Throwing up a line chart with other vaccination rates in the Caribbean says very little. .

We have not been getting much vaccines as our neighbours. Not nearly , one reason is that we generally had this well managed
nd other other countries were in crisis. Covax did not see us a a priority.

Any one can remember our first vaccines were a gift from Barbados 2,000

Covax didn't see us as a priority?

Where did you get this info?

Covax essentially covers countries such as India, Nigeria etc. Basically over 92 countries. Plus countries such as Canada also pulled from Covax supply and India mandated that the main supplier to Covax which is the Serum Institute keep 50% of their supply for Indian innoculation.

So granted once your country is managing "well" the suppliers would not be in a rush to get vaccines to you when other countries are in crisis with much larger populations.

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

The death toll from COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean passed 1 million people on Friday, according to a Reuters tally, with the pandemic worsening in the part of the world with the highest per capita death rate.

[widdyphuck]

Anyone here took the Sinopharm vaccine as yet?

[K74T]

DaPuppet

[redmanjp]

Easter may not be responsible for the recent spike (it was 7-8 weeks ago) but the spike before, then all who get infected from Easter infected others who went to las lap fast food and spread it.

why they not using antigen tests for inter-island travel yet