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Ban on outdoor activities remains until July 4
Posted: Sunday, May 23, 2021

PM pushes COVID-19 restrictions to July 4
Commenting on the State of Emergency, he continued: "When we go to the Parliament, we will take the 90 days that the law allows but it doesn't mean that we are going to be in this situation for 90 days. We will revoke it as soon as that is the prudent action to take."

Ban on outdoor activities remains until July 4
This means restaurants, retail stores, roadside vendors, cinemas, beaches, rivers and outdoor exercise have been banned for another six weeks.

17 COVID deaths, 509 new cases
The Ministry of Health has recorded 17 additional COVID related deaths. This brings the total number of deaths to 365. The Ministry has also recorded 509 new cases in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of active cases to 7765. There are currently 455 patients in the hospital, 10 of which are in ICU and 11 in HDU.

Deyalsingh: Gov't hopes to vaccinate 134,000 by August 31
Government hopes to vaccinate approximately 10 percent of the population by August 31.

Tobago nurse tells TRHA: Give us proper contracts
Contract nurses hired by the Tobago Regional Health Authority (TRHA) since the start of the covid19 pandemic lose approximately $500 a day from their monthly salaries if they do not show up for work owing to illness.

Tobago tourism stakeholder: Only mass vaccinations can save us
Birchwood-James believes Government must also implement programmes to address what she called vaccine hesitancy. "You have a lot of doctors and nurses who are not taking the vaccine besides the ordinary people. So vaccines and the messaging to deal with vaccine hesitancy. That is all that can save us now."

Recovered covid patient: I don't wish this on my worst enemy
During her three-day stay she was given a barrage of tablets including antibiotics and painkillers. Butcher recalled lying in bed, surrounded by people moaning and crying out in pain, Her oxygen levels dropped several times.

PM tells Opposition: Keep politics out of hospital wards
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has knocked statements made by members of the Opposition regarding the handling of COVID-19 patients and the changes to the medical staff at the Couva Hospital and Multi-Training Facility.

Opposition leader: Covid crisis needs more than lockdown, prayers
Now, the only abortion clinic in Mississippi is facing what could be its biggest challenge. The US Supreme Court said Monday that it will hear arguments this fall over a Mississippi law that would limit abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy - a case designed to test how far a court remade under former President Donald Trump is willing to go to restrict the right to an abortion.

Fight over dog in Rio Claro ends in murder
Police said Singh was at a relative's home a short distance from his home at about 4 pm when his cousin and another woman fought over a dog. The report said he intervened to save his cousin and four men attacked him.



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