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2 more COVID deaths
Posted: Friday, April 16, 2021

2 more COVID deaths, 82 new cases in 24 hours
This makes four deaths and 296 cases to be recorded for the week. This is almost as many cases as recorded in March (310) and over twice that recorded in February (146).

Patient who got blood clot after receiving vaccine, dies
South West Regional Health Authority (SWRHA) CEO Dr Brian Armour on Wednesday said there was no link between COVID-19 vaccine administration and blood clots.

UNC undecided on returning to House amid COVID concerns
The Opposition remains undecided about returning to the Lower House—even for its private Members' Day later this month—until there's confirmation on COVID safety in the Parliament.

National spaces to stay operational, Tourism Ministry says

Ministry: 75 Trinidadians repatriated after La Soufrière eruption
In a statement today, the Ministry said these 75 people are currently under quarantine as per the country's COVID-19 health regulation protocols.

170 Trinis flock to SVG port to return home

Explosive eruptions slow at La Soufriere
Its current pattern of seismic activity may indicate growth of a lava dome, but this has not yet been confirmed. Explosions and accompanying ashfall, of similar or larger magnitude, could restart in the future.

Living on a volcano
St Vincent is an island born of a volcano, one of eleven in the Lesser Antilles Volcanic Arc that has at least 17 active volcanoes, stretching from the Kick 'em Jenny submarine volcano in Grenada, to Saba in the north. Six of those volcanoes have erupted since 1900. St Vincent is the most active in the Caribbean.

SWRHA: Patient care unaffected by reported drug shortages
The Authority said it's "gravely concerned" by the external leak in this confidential information, which has now prompted a review in security procedures to prevent future breaches.

Top Cop meets with firearm dealers after gun advertisement
Griffith said currently, there are 11 firearm dealers and eight indoor and outdoor firearm ranges in Trinidad and Tobago.

Residents block road, burn tyres in protest over landslips
With the $178 million rehabilitation of the Moruga Road two years overdue, angry residents yesterday set fire to tyres along the roadway demanding the Government use some of that money to repair dangerous landslips on the Lengua and Mandingo Roads in Princes Town.

Carnegie Library deteriorating, stakeholders meet on way forward
The state of the iconic building was recently highlighted by San Fernando Mayor Junia Regrello, after a rusting galvanise awning fell from the library onto the pavement on the southern side of the premises.

Caiso concerned about unsolved LGBTI+ murders
The statement continued: "Our diverse LGBTI+ communities continue to experience violence and violations, but we persist in our calls and work to end homophobia and transphobia, and to ensure the protection and safety of all members of our community. We insist that LGBTI+ violence be understood as a form of gender-based violence that must be taken seriously.



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