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

[Dohplaydat]

New Zealand just record cases in a household where nobody travelled or made contact with outsides
they turn back on lockdown mode

And admitted community spread immediately....

[goalpost]

The question is what does samples submitted mean. It appears to only mean submitted to CARPHA with a lot more taken from patients and waiting to be sent in for analysis..

Sounds correct.

It's such a useless stat. Samples submitted does not mean tested. At least not yet.

[redmanjp]

That statement means there are folks awaiting results but are out about in the public for days, until the results are obtained.

We in deep sheit.

i would hope that they told them to stay home/quarantine pending results- in fact they should be home from the time they get any symptoms- no sense only sending them home when they test positive- at that point they would be off to caura/couva hospital

another thing- u supposed to stay home- but come out to get tested? so take public transport & expose others if u doh have a car? why no option for them to come to you?

[ST Auto]

The way they reporting is far from real time an make no sense what do ever.

[ST Auto]

They are told to self quarantine but results taking so long ppl are not doing that. For eg the lady that went tobago

That statement means there are folks awaiting results but are out about in the public for days, until the results are obtained.

We in deep sheit.

i would hope that they told them to stay home/quarantine pending results- in fact they should be home from the time they get any symptoms- no sense only sending them home when they test positive- at that point they would be off to caura/couva hospital

another thing- u supposed to stay home- but come out to get tested? so take public transport & expose others if u doh have a car? why no option for them to come to you?

[pugboy]

wonder how man prisoners were in that cell with the infected one.

[ST Auto]

Anyone know where they carrying covid + prisoners for treatment?

[redmanjp]

New Zealand just record cases in a household where nobody travelled or made contact with outsides
they turn back on lockdown mode

for only 3 days tho. maybe we could try it for just 1-2 weeks instead of 2 months, wouldn't cost d govt billions this time. bars maybe a little longer (or after the 2 weeks open back but operate as a liquor mart/takeaway?)

[shake d livin wake d dead]

Anyone know where they carrying covid + prisoners for treatment?

Caura

[Dohplaydat]

Couva maxed out already I hearing

[redmanjp]

and yuh know even if they lock down now-

you will still have ppl who got infected up to today who will become symptomatic next week (5-7 days is the average i think), they will go for a test after a 2days, but may not get results for a few days. only then they will be moved to hospital. I hope they thinking about all that. the curve wouldn't even begin to start flattening until a few weeks. If no lockdown then even worse.

[Dohplaydat]

and yuh know even if they lock down now-

you will still have ppl who got infected up to today who will become symptomatic next week (5-7 days is the average i think), they will go for a test after a 2days, but may not get results for a few days. only then they will be moved to hospital. I hope they thinking about all that. the curve wouldn't even begin to start flattening until a few weeks. If no lockdown then even worse.

Honestly it's too late to lockdown effectively. In a time like this you need a full drastic 6 week lockdown and even then you run the risk of having an outbreak right after you reopen.

The time to lockdown was 2 weeks ago, it is too late for us now.

Be safe everyone.

[pugboy]

by end of this week we may run out of facilities
what terry plan to do next with future cases

[Dave]

I absolutely cringe to think of the what ifs......
A neglected health care system is not an exam you can cram the night before and pass the next day.

[ST Auto]

Lockdown time has passed. Everyone need to just be safe out there

[pugboy]

all talk of #flattenthecurve is a long distant memory

[gastly369]

Edit
wrong fake faking news spreaders

[goalpost]

Where you hear that?

[gastly369]

Edited

Where you hear that?

[fokhan_96]

New hospitals in Arima and point fortin bro.

by end of this week we may run out of facilities
what terry plan to do next with future cases

[redmanjp]

updated - MOH made a mistake with the total no of tests

[The_Honourable]

oh mamma we reach...

[shake d livin wake d dead]

Ahhhh yes...just as I said...allyuh should start paying meh.....just joking, that was supposed to come out yesterday....and im being told EET NAH LUUK GUUD

[goalpost]

So expect lots more this week?

[De Dragon]

This is SPARTAAAAAA!!!

[jm3]

does anyone know the severity of the symptoms for the 300 people in trinidad? i have read alot about there being several strains causing differing levels of severity and length of illness.

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

Over 100 cases in less than a week.
At least there have been no more deaths and the facilities are not overwhelmed

[Dohplaydat]

Over 100 cases in less than a week.
At least there have been no more deaths and the facilities are not overwhelmed

Not yet for both.

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

Some of the figures on your image are incorrect

This is the release from the Ministry

https://www.facebook.com/MinistryofHeal ... =3&theater

[Dohplaydat]

Given our testing rates and the number of unknown source cases, it's safe to say we're at the beginning of our exponential increase and it's likely we'll be having 50-200 cases daily for most of this month if not more (once testing can keep up).