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PM announces new covid19 restrictions
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley.
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With 328 more people infected with the covid19 virus and with a tally of 10,000 infections since last March, the Prime Minister on Thursday announced an immediate clampdown on social activities as of midnight.
He was addressing a media briefing at the Victor E Bruce building in Tobago on Thursday afternoon.
Saying it was his job to protect people s health, he announced measures to curb the spread of the virus decided on after consultation and in light of the rising number of cases.
As of midnight all restaurants and bars will be closed.
PM hosts media briefing Thursday afternoon
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley.
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THE Prime Minister will hold a televised media conference at 2.30 pm on Thursday from the Victor E Bruce Complex in Tobago, according to a post on his Facebook page.
This will be Dr Rowley s first such briefing since emerging from isolation after contracting covid19. He spent the period from April 6 to his recovery on April 26 in isolation at the PM s official residence in Blenheim, Tobago, under the care of medical professionals from the Tobago Regional Health Authority.
This morning the PM reportedly chaired a meeting on covid19 with the ministries of Health and National Security. Yesterday 223 new covid19 cases were recorded in Trinidad and Tobago.
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PORT OF SPAIN – The Trinidad and Tobago government Thursday announced stricter measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) after the country recorded 328 new cases of the virus in a 24 hour period.
Late Wednesday, the Ministry of Health reported that 223 new COVID-19 cases – from samples taken between April 25 and 27– have pushed the overall total past 10 000.
The country has now recorded 10 170 COVID-19 cases since the first reported infection in March 2020. From these, 8 351 patients have recovered. The death toll also increased to 163 after the Ministry of Health recorded two new deaths on Wednesday. There are now 1 656 active cases.
“The numbers we are seeing now are slightly ahead of the projected numbers that we would have made in some quarters and in some other quarters we would see the curve not going in the direction we would like it to go,” said Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley.
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