Perenco employees who tested negative for COVID-19 check into the Tradewinds Hotel in San Fernando on Monday night. Over 50 of their co-workers who tested positive for the virus are now in quarantine at the University of the West Indies’ Debe campus. Photo: Trinidad Guardian TRINIDAD GUARDIAN
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Perenco Trinidad and Tobago Limited yesterday shut down COVID-hit offshore platforms in its Teak, Samaan and Poui fields and transported all workers to either state facilities or other locations for quarantine pending testing.
This after Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh reportedly intervened in the matter following continuing complaints from workers.
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Rowley: I’ll be first to take covid19 vaccine
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley.
THE Prime Minister sought to assure the population about the vaccines being developed against covid19 by saying he would volunteer to be the first person in TT to take a vaccine when it arrives.
He spoke at a media briefing at the Diplomatic Centre, St Ann’s on Wednesday.
Dr Rowley vowed to be “first in line” for the vaccine, at which Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh chimed in, “And I’ll be second.”
“Vaccinations have been with us and they have been shown to work. I trust the rigours of the scientific input at the labs.
Perenco employees who tested negative for COVID-19 check into the Tradewinds Hotel in San Fernando on Monday night. Over 50 of their co-workers who tested positive for the virus are now in quarantine at the University of the West Indies’ Debe campus.
Perenco Trinidad and Tobago Limited yesterday shut down COVID-hit offshore platforms in its Teak, Samaan and Poui fields and transported all workers to either state facilities or other locations for quarantine pending testing.
This after Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh reportedly intervened in the matter following continuing complaints from workers.
Yesterday evening, 16 more workers who tested positive, along with a French national, were transported to the University of the West Indies’ Debe campus for state quarantine. The French national, however, was taken by ambulance to an undisclosed location.
JTUM, BIGWU tell Perenco: Address covid19 fears on rig
Wednesday 23 December 2020
THE Joint Trade Union Movement (JTUM) says it is angered by the attitude of Perenco Trinidad and Tobago, while the Banking Insurance and General Workers Union (BIGWU) is requesting clarity.
This follows claims over the past three days that Perenco s offshore workers tested positive for covid19 on one of the rigs.
Claims have also been made that covid19 patients on the rig are free to mingle and interact with the other workers, and that some were given permission to return home without being tested for the virus.
These claims were included in a TT Guardian article on Tuesday in which Perenco workers were explaining the situation.