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

[redmanjp]

must be the only airline in the world that could say that and sitting tight paying salaries while staff home and airplanes parked up

most definitely the banks posted some serious losses this quarter so economics at play here

caribbean airlines must be losing plenty too with zero flights and paying salaries

But PNM achievement say CAL make money

dey have flights in the islands now. and cargo flights plus the airbridge still going.

[aaron17]

What US do , Rowley may follow.

[EFFECTIC DESIGNS]

If Rowley go ahead as planned he will win and he has 5 more years.

If he delays he will lose because the next budget will reveal to us how bad it is and the $10 TT to $1 US forex.

There is noway he would postpone when everything is in his favor.

[sMASH]

presi done blank it already

[Dohplaydat]

If Rowley go ahead as planned he will win and he has 5 more years.

If he delays he will lose because the next budget will reveal to us how bad it is and the $10 TT to $1 US forex.

There is noway he would postpone when everything is in his favor.

PNM still winning, margin will be slim but still a victory unless Duke wins and things get interesting.

But stop throwing out devaluation figures willy nilly, the economic recovery committee recommended a slow float over 3 years to ~8 to 1, absolutely no way any government will do a sudden jump to 10 to 1 in the next budget.

[paid_influencer]

If Rowley go ahead as planned he will win and he has 5 more years.

If he delays he will lose because the next budget will reveal to us how bad it is and the $10 TT to $1 US forex.

There is noway he would postpone when everything is in his favor.

PNM still winning, margin will be slim but still a victory unless Duke wins and things get interesting.

But stop throwing out devaluation figures willy nilly, the economic recovery committee recommended a slow float over 3 years to ~8 to 1, absolutely no way any government will do a sudden jump to 10 to 1 in the next budget.

a shipping company just quoted me at 7.5 ttd : 1 usd.

the devaluation already here

[EFFECTIC DESIGNS]

^ WOW you serious? so quick?

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

Graph went from flat to now almost a vertical climb

[shake d livin wake d dead]

Ground zero info indicates that there are 2 cases floating around in Paramin and the list of people they came into contact with is mind blowing

[Gladiator]

A friend of mine went to the pharmacy yesterday and the lady told him that there are multiple cases in pinto road Arima. She said that more than a dozen people have flu like symptoms but hiding because they don't want to be quarantined...

Ground zero info indicates that there are 2 cases floating around in Paramin and the list of people they came into contact with is mind blowing

[Ben_spanna]

A friend of mine went to the pharmacy yesterday and the lady told him that there are multiple cases in pinto road Arima. She said that more than a dozen people have flu like symptoms but hiding because they don't want to be quarantined...

Ground zero info indicates that there are 2 cases floating around in Paramin and the list of people they came into contact with is mind blowing

If people want to self quarantine then ok, but if you have flu like symptoms and you out and mingling then you need to be locked up.
At the beginning we were supposed to self quarantine and if you have symptoms then watch it and see, and only if you start developing breathing problems then you were supposed to go to a center..... this can still work, but people need to adhere to those rules, once youre sick at all or anyone in your household then STAY HOME......

[goalpost]

Ground zero info indicates that there are 2 cases floating around in Paramin and the list of people they came into contact with is mind blowing

Got a whatsapp that said 5 children from Maraval RC tested positive.

Horrible if true.

[Gladiator]

Information being surpressed due to elections...

Ground zero info indicates that there are 2 cases floating around in Paramin and the list of people they came into contact with is mind blowing

Got a whatsapp that said 5 children from Maraval RC tested positive.

Horrible if true.

[MaxPower]

A friend of mine went to the pharmacy yesterday and the lady told him that there are multiple cases in pinto road Arima. She said that more than a dozen people have flu like symptoms but hiding because they don't want to be quarantined...

Ground zero info indicates that there are 2 cases floating around in Paramin and the list of people they came into contact with is mind blowing

Hello Gladiator,

I would like to believe it is alot more.

These people only care about themselves if they do not want to get quarantined or tested.

We have no idea how big their household is and how many visitors they have. We have no idea where they go and honestly this “contact tracing” is not as easy as it sounds.

[Chimera]

i read something about this happening in the usa also

where people paying for fake negative tests so they could go back to school/work without quarantine

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/07/ ... 49660.html

A Bangladesh hospital owner accused of issuing thousands of fake negative coronavirus test results to patients at his two clinics was arrested on Wednesday while trying to flee to India in a burqa, police said.

The arrest marked the end of a nine-day manhunt for Mohammad Shahed over allegations of issuing fake certificates to patients saying they were virus-free without even testing them.

Shahed, 42, was one of more than a dozen people detained by authorities over the past few days in connection with the scam.

Experts warn the false documents have worsened the already dire situation in the country of 168 million people by casting doubt about the veracity of certificates issued by clinics.

"He was arrested from the bank of a border river as he was trying to flee to India. He was wearing a burqa," Rapid Action Battalion spokesman Colonel Ashique Billah told the AFP news agency.

"His hospitals carried out 10,500 coronavirus tests, out of which 4,200 were genuine and the rest, 6,300 test reports, were given without conducting tests."


Shahed is also accused of charging for the certificates and COVID-19 treatments even though he had agreed with the government that his hospitals in the capital Dhaka would provide free care.

A well-known doctor and her husband were also arrested by police and accused of issuing thousands of fake virus certificates at their Dhaka laboratory.

The alleged scams could badly hurt migrant workers seeking to go abroad and whose remittances are key to Bangladesh's economy, said Shakirul Islam of migrant rights group OKUP.

Italy last week suspended flights to Rome from Bangladesh to stem the spate of coronavirus cases. Several passengers arriving from Dhaka had tested positive for COVID-19.

Fearing possible infections in the Bangladeshi immigrant community, authorities in Lazio region conducted "blanket testing" for the coronavirus. Italy is home to more than 100,000 Bangladeshis, according to national statistics institute ISTAT.

"Some of the Bangladeshis who were tested positive in Italy were allegedly carrying negative COVID certificates from Bangladesh," Islam claimed.

"The government must ensure quality of COVID-19 tests in local laboratories for the sake of its overseas job market."

Nearly $19bn was sent back to Bangladesh by an estimated 12 million migrant workers last year, according to the central bank.

Bangladesh has reported just more than 193,000 infections and 2,457 deaths so far.

But medical experts say the real figures are likely much higher because so little testing has been carried out.

The South Asian country has restarted economic activities after lifting a months-long virus lockdown at the end of May, even as the number of cases continues to rise.

[shake d livin wake d dead]

Expect more + today

[maj. tom]

Public health officials in Canada are also expecting a 2nd wave. This is what they think will happen:

"You will always have ongoing transmission for some time. It can last for months and up to a two-year period."

Another reason a second wave is likely is that not enough people were infected in the first wave to generate sufficient levels of immunity in the population at large.

"Second waves are expected for airborne transmitted viral infections for several reasons, the principal being the existence of a large population of unexposed [non-immune] hosts," said Tatiana Scorza, an immunologist at the Université du Québec à Montréal.

Benoît Mâsse, a professor at the school of public health at Université de Montréal, cautioned that the increase in hospitalizations will likely come later.

He expects infections will increase for several more weeks. The danger, he said, is in September, when schools resume and the public begins to spend more time indoors, where the chances of infection are higher.

"We can expect a more substantial increase in infections with a rise in hospitalizations by the end of October, early November," Mâsse said in an email exchange.

While experts maintain another round of infections is inevitable, they say its severity will depend on government policy and the willingness of the public to follow guidelines.

Not only do scientists know much more about COVID-19 than they did six months ago, but the public is better informed about hygiene measures and elected officials also have a wider range of policy tools at their disposal.


https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal ... -1.5666111

[redmanjp]

Graph went from flat to now almost a vertical climb

which site is this info from?

[goalpost]

Looks like John Hopkins website

[redmanjp]

plays are allowed?

https://newsday.co.tt/2020/07/31/ladies-room-to-open-at-queens-hall/

[Dohplaydat]

A friend of mine went to the pharmacy yesterday and the lady told him that there are multiple cases in pinto road Arima. She said that more than a dozen people have flu like symptoms but hiding because they don't want to be quarantined...

Ground zero info indicates that there are 2 cases floating around in Paramin and the list of people they came into contact with is mind blowing

Hello Gladiator,

I would like to believe it is alot more.

These people only care about themselves if they do not want to get quarantined or tested.

We have no idea how big their household is and how many visitors they have. We have no idea where they go and honestly this “contact tracing” is not as easy as it sounds.

Max while I agree, very few countries if any right now are enforcing state quarentines and what happens when we out of space?

We cannot assume they will be responsible, but I know many people who were I'll, myself included that successfully self quarentined in the earlies (March). But I am able too, not everyone else is so I get your point.

[goalpost]

plays are allowed?

https://newsday.co.tt/2020/07/31/ladies-room-to-open-at-queens-hall/

Huh.

Probably until the press conference this afternoon

[K74T]

5 new cases - 3 primary contacts, 2 pending investigation!

[goalpost]

Confirmed 5 more.
169 now.
2 of them pending epidemiological investigation.

Good luck ppl.

[pugboy]

that curve gone vertical now yes

[maj. tom]

this getting frightening now. Before this, all in April, i wasn't scared at all.
Next thing tmrw we hear it's 10 new people infected. And that's only what they're testing.

I never see a virus that is so contagious. Like if somebody look at yuh wrong, yuh dead.

What time is the press con today?

[Dizzy28]

The 2 pending is the the Paramin 2 Shakes mentioned earlier ah wha?

[jhonnieblue]

Trinis still relaxed, people not wearing face masks and liming by the bar normal. Parties coming on stream with big after work Friday limes.

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

Graph went from flat to now almost a vertical climb

which site is this info from?

Johns Hopkins University

https://www.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboar ... 7b48e9ecf6

[MaxPower]

Trinis Trinis Trinis.....

WHEN is the time exactly that allyuh will get serious?

What allyuh waiting for?

Death?

Everything is a joke.

Looking at MOST of you Trinis carrying about as normal and its utterly disgusting the sight of allyuh.