TOBAGO HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY CHIEF SECRETARY SEEKS INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR COVID-19 EFFORTS

By a Staff Report: Secretary of the Division of Health, Wellness and Social Protection Dr Faith B. Yisrael has announced that she has reached out to international partners seeking assistance in Tobago’s covid-19 efforts.

During Wednesday’s Post Executive media briefing, Dr Yisrael said that this assistance may be in the form of increased testing, treatment and contact tracing, and even having persons go to Tobago to man systems….all in an effort to give healthcare workers some relief. She added that there is no way Tobago can return to any sort of normalcy if systems continue running as they currently are.

Dr Yisrael also announced an additional covid-19 facility in Lowlands as they seek to build Tobago’s parallel healthcare systems. This facility she said will be for patients who no longer need critical care.

And facing a slew of vaccine hesitancy, The new Health Secretary also made a plea for persons to get vaccinated and gave assurances that the covid-19 vaccines are safe as she announced a new vaccine rollout programme.