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19 COVID deaths
Posted: Saturday, June 5, 2021
19 COVID deaths, 529 new cases
The Ministry of Health has recorded 19 additional COVID related deaths, this brings the total number of deaths to 556. There are currently 428 patients in the hospital.
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After being hospitalised for two weeks, Hema, 36, of Princes Town, died at the Augustus Long Hospital in Point-a-Pierre on Thursday.
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"So, many people who come with symptoms, because they're not deemed urgent enough their samples are sent to Trinidad and it takes a bit of time for us to get the results back. Of course that time translates into more exposure to their families, more exposure to the public."
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She said while the goal is to vaccinate all in a mass way, they're also seeing people who are only coming forward after their condition has been advanced, which is of course even a greater risk of death.
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Claiming that people continued to maintain close contact in settings such as banks, groceries, pharmacies and utility companies as they access these essential services, Teelucksingh said, "This is where the virus is spreading...in indoor settings where close contact is still very much present."
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Failure to protect the most needy shows lack of the social justice promised to citizens in our Constitution of TT," as many of the workers will now be on the breadline.
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What little hope they had that they would make it through the pandemic has been dashed, staff said.
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According to reports, Torrance Mohammed, of Tarouba Road, Marabella, was visiting a friend in Mon Repos on Monday 24th May 2021, when he was assaulted by a man who robbed him of a cellular phone and a gold chain. The assailant then pushed Mohammed onto the ground causing him to sustain broken ribs and injuries to his back and spine. The man then escaped on foot.
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As joblessness continues, he said, there may be more killings, and he was fearful for his own life as criminals become more desperate.
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