Coronavirus

49 People Test Positive for the Coronavirus in Trinidad

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The number of people who have tested positive for the coronavirus (COVID) jumped to 49 on Saturday after Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh confirmed that 40 of the 68 persons who had been placed in quarantine after undertaking a cruise ship had tested positive for the virus. In, addition, National Security Minister, Stuart Young, said that the island’s entire border will be closed on Sunday ‘until further notice”. Deyalsingh told a news conference that despite government had earlier issued a warning to persons to consider travelling overseas, the 68 people had embarked on a cruise ship tour on March 5, a month after the Keith Rowley administration had first made the announcement. “They subsequently became stranded and as citizens of Trinidad and Tobago they returned on the 17th of March …and were taken to a quarantine facility as per protocol.” Deyalsingh said that a day before their arrival here, the 68 persons on the cruise ship had retained the s...