BRAZILIAN MYSTERY – Trinidad & Tobago Express Newspapers
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The Ministry of Health has reported five additional local cases of the P1 Covid-19 variant (Brazilian variant) virus, bringing the total in Trinidad and Tobago to nine people to have tested positive for the “variant of concern”.
In a release yesterday, the ministry advised the public that “the P1 Covid-19 variant (Brazilian Variant) has been detected in five (5) additional Covid-19 positive samples in Trinidad and Tobago”.
“The Variants of Concern were detected in cases from St George Central (3) and St George West (2). All five cases are nationals,” the ministry said.
It later noted this had brought the total local number of confirmed Covid-19 positive samples of the P1 variant to nine. Head epidemiologist at the ministry, Dr A...