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

[aaron17]

also my couzin's father wasn't going out either but had to renew his DP. they think it might have been when he had to take off his mask to take the picture he might have gotten it then. they cremated him b4 getting back the positive test results.

RIP

i trust licensing is extending the validity of DPs now?

Damn ..rip
Are car inspection put off as well? Cause my one now expire.

[pugboy]

I was hoping we flatlining

What we looking at today ?
500-600 or less ?
Double digit deaths?
We still getting high positivty unfortunately.

Based on my data...I predicted 662 today, let's see how close I get.

[paid_influencer]

a reminder the lockdown not affecting us all equally

Domestic violence up 13.6% in T&T amid pandemic, women out of jobs

Speaking at the launch, Ghany said the pandemic has triggered a huge threat to women’s participation in the workforce.

“Experts are calling it the “she-cession” era where the fear is that more women would remain unemployed once the pandemic is over.”

She warned that companies hoping to progress beyond the pandemic must stop the “she-cession” by finding ways to ensure that more women return to the workforce post-pandemic.

“Picking up the pieces and moving forward cannot come at the expense and disposal of our women from the labour force,” Ghany said.

“We have come too far as a society to be making the same mistakes we did in the past. That’s why I am saying that every company today must increase their diversity mandate and ensure that women are retained in their previous positions,” she added.

However, Ghany said companies must go a step further and begin the process of hiring more women and providing more leadership opportunities for them to succeed professionally once the pandemic is over.

..

IDB Country Manager to Trinidad and Tobago Carina Cockburn contributed to the discourse noting that the pandemic has severely impacted women, especially across six Caribbean countries according to a recent study conducted by her organisation.

“The findings showed that women have reported more job losses during the pandemic than men because of the types of roles and positions that they are employed in,” she said.

“There has been an unfortunate increase in the incidence of reported domestic violence. In Trinidad and Tobago, that increase is estimated at 13.6%. In addition to that, we found that female-headed households have lower financial resilience with no access to bank accounts and savings,” she added.

https://tt.loopnews.com/content/domesti ... n-out-jobs

[Dohplaydat]

I was hoping we flatlining

What we looking at today ?
500-600 or less ?
Double digit deaths?
We still getting high positivty unfortunately.

Based on my data...I predicted 662 today, let's see how close I get.

Well we are very close to the peak, the rate of increase has slowed down significantly, but it does seem to still be increasing.

Most countries take around 4-6 weeks from the peak for cases to subside, however, Brazil, Guyana and most of South America have seen different outcomes with the P1 strain.

It just seems to consistently hang around and never fully disappear. Meaning it will take HUGE effort to bring our cases consistently below the 50 daily average again.

[redmanjp]

now for the daily anxious waiting game...

[Country_Bookie]

I am trying to understand something ..apologies in advance if I don't know. If you are not working...and you were called up by the health ppl that you were in contact with someone with covid. You monitor yourself if you get symptoms. Then time past and you eventually get symptoms. Is it by law for you to go get tested for covid or what?

Any feedback on this?

Best thing to do is call the covid-19 hotline and they will guide you on the way forward.

[Gem_in_i]

526/15 deaths

[pugboy]

maybe we have peaked

526/15 deaths

[Dohplaydat]

At today's count, we could be flat lining right now.....tomorrow and Saturday will tell us a lot as the number of tests in the past few days are high!

We could possibly be in for a 800 tomorrow.

Rolling average for deaths is at 14, officially the highest ever.

[Dohplaydat]

maybe we have peaked

526/15 deaths

Nah unless the positivity rate changed drastically tomorrow could be the most ever.

[Habit7]

Well deaths will be high for some time as a lag time effect of the recent high number of cases. But now after 4wks of lockdown, the cases must start to fall now.

Unless the pipe in secretly Massy giving everybody covid.

[widdyphuck]

Spreading doesn't seem to be slowing down at all.
What do we do now.

[pugboy]

yeah
i figure just the variations of submitting numbers by various test centers and backlogs could be easy 60-80 variation

maybe we have peaked

526/15 deaths

Nah unless the positivity rate changed drastically tomorrow could be the most ever.

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

526 new cases
15 deaths
1324 tested
39.73% positiveity rate (basically the same as yesterday)

[pugboy]

at least the beds holding steady

[aaron17]

Spreading doesn't seem to be slowing down at all.
What do we do now.

Keep the lockdown course ? And carefully open stuff verry slowly under minute by minute supervision ...not like what rowley say eg. 'from midnight tonite' then that would cause spike.

[BUG]

Spreading doesn't seem to be slowing down at all.
What do we do now.

Keep the lockdown course ? And carefully open stuff verry slowly under minute by minute supervision ...not like what rowley say eg. 'from midnight tonite' then that would cause spike.

We're not in a lockdown though

[widdyphuck]

Spreading doesn't seem to be slowing down at all.
What do we do now.

Keep the lockdown course ? And carefully open stuff verry slowly under minute by minute supervision ...not like what rowley say eg. 'from midnight tonite' then that would cause spike.

Bro honestly we in no position to open back now but people broke and hungry and it's month end.
Lots ain't have a salary to collect this month so I don't know how much more we can't take.
We literally living in hell right now.

[paid_influencer]

suggestion: maybe the government should look at banning the sale of cooked, perishable foods (defined as prepared foods with less than 7 days shelf life).

That would immediately stop people going to gas stations, supermarkets, superpharm, etc, for fast food on a near-daily basis.

It would also stop the recent trend of fast-food restaurants resuming operations under the 'delivery to grocery/gas station' model.

[timelapse]

If you think you have it, get tested for yours and your family sake

You want to guess what you sick with?

I am trying to understand something ..apologies in advance if I don't know. If you are not working...and you were called up by the health ppl that you were in contact with someone with covid. You monitor yourself if you get symptoms. Then time past and you eventually get symptoms. Is it by law for you to go get tested for covid or what?

Any feedback on this?

I thought the govt say once you not well..stay home

[Mmoney607]

Yes the numbers still high but they not going up. So we're doing great thanks to the management of the #1 in the world team.

[redmanjp]

suggestion: maybe the government should look at banning the sale of cooked, perishable foods (defined as prepared foods with less than 7 days shelf life).

That would immediately stop people going to gas stations, supermarkets, superpharm, etc, for fast food on a near-daily basis.

It would also stop the recent trend of fast-food restaurants resuming operations under the 'delivery to grocery/gas station' model.

if they bringing their employees out then they breaking the law- and making them break the law as well as they not even supposed to show up for work according to the regs. unless they working from home with they own stove

[aaron17]

If you think you have it, get tested for yours and your family sake

You want to guess what you sick with?

I am trying to understand something ..apologies in advance if I don't know. If you are not working...and you were called up by the health ppl that you were in contact with someone with covid. You monitor yourself if you get symptoms. Then time past and you eventually get symptoms. Is it by law for you to go get tested for covid or what?

Any feedback on this?

I thought the govt say once you not well..stay home

Ok

[MaxPower]

Spreading doesn't seem to be slowing down at all.
What do we do now.

Full lockdown and deploy the army.

All this galavanting have to stop.

Zero tolerance.

[redmanjp]

If you think you have it, get tested for yours and your family sake

You want to guess what you sick with?

I am trying to understand something ..apologies in advance if I don't know. If you are not working...and you were called up by the health ppl that you were in contact with someone with covid. You monitor yourself if you get symptoms. Then time past and you eventually get symptoms. Is it by law for you to go get tested for covid or what?

Any feedback on this?

I thought the govt say once you not well..stay home

Ok

u should get tested

1) for u and your family sake
2) for the country sake as u could have exposed other without knowing - a positive test would trigger contact tracing

it's not law to get tested, but they may quarantine u which means it's law for u to stay home- although if u were in contact with a +ve case u probably already have a quarantine order- but u can leave only to get tested- but DON'T USE PUBLIC TRANSPORT!

[paid_influencer]

suggestion: maybe the government should look at banning the sale of cooked, perishable foods (defined as prepared foods with less than 7 days shelf life).

That would immediately stop people going to gas stations, supermarkets, superpharm, etc, for fast food on a near-daily basis.

It would also stop the recent trend of fast-food restaurants resuming operations under the 'delivery to grocery/gas station' model.

if they bringing their employees out then they breaking the law- and making them break the law as well as they not even supposed to show up for work according to the regs. unless they working from home with they own stove

apparently they are bringing them out. I think they might qualify under the food production section since they are processing food.

(ac) services relating to food, beverage and agriculture such as food and beverage manufacturer employees and their supplier employees–
(i) including those employed in food processing facilities;

[pugboy]

so bakery staff are illegally working too?

[aaron17]

If you think you have it, get tested for yours and your family sake

You want to guess what you sick with?

I am trying to understand something ..apologies in advance if I don't know. If you are not working...and you were called up by the health ppl that you were in contact with someone with covid. You monitor yourself if you get symptoms. Then time past and you eventually get symptoms. Is it by law for you to go get tested for covid or what?

Any feedback on this?

I thought the govt say once you not well..stay home

Ok

u should get tested

1) for u and your family sake
2) for the country sake as u could have exposed other without knowing - a positive test would trigger contact tracing

it's not law to get tested, but they may quarantine u which means it's law for u to stay home- although if u were in contact with a +ve case u probably already have a quarantine order- but u can leave only to get tested- but DON'T USE PUBLIC TRANSPORT!

noted

[De Dragon]

Cases are dropping now, no need to implement more measures. We just need to wait it out and we'll be back to double and single digit cases within 2 weeks.

This is true. Time to end the SOE.

ramp it up for this long weekend into Corpus Christi...cause we have no self discipline...

Or invite them to Tobago
We need some dreadness from TTPS this weekend

[De Dragon]

Just saw the curfew was modified to 6pm-6am for weekends and public holidays from June 1st. Not seeing it, anyone can confirm/bullcheit?