Pandemic

SASCHA WIL­SON sascha.wil­son@guardian.co.tt With much ex­cite­ment and fan­fare, the Anand Low Price Group opened a new su­per­mar­ket at Char­lie King Junc­tion in Fyz­abad yes­ter­day. It’s the third out­let to be opened by the group since the pan­dem­ic hit Trinidad and To­ba­go. Di­rec­tor Chelsea Ram­nar­ine Singh said they viewed the pan­dem­ic…

Ira Math­ur www.iras­room.org iras­room@gmail.com At this rate, Christ­mas in T&T, some 2,000 peo­ple will be dead of COVID-19 since the start of the virus. The fig­ure up to Thurs­day was 1,629. Un­til 90 per cent of us are ei­ther vac­ci­nat­ed or have got­ten COVID, the pan­dem­ic is here to stay.…

As we surfaced needs that we didn’t know we had, over the last couple of years certain products and services have become surprise winners. Virtual meetings became a way of life (Zoom). We turned our gardens into outdoor rooms (BBQs, gazebos, and pizza stones). We took up activities that made…

A government adviser on the pandemic, David Hui, said on Sunday that a proposal to give people both flu and Covid shots at the same time to boost the inoculation rate was likely to win approval from the Department of Health. The Chinese University academic told a radio programme that…

This article was translated from our Spanish edition using AI technologies. Errors may exist due to this process. Before the pandemic, 70% of people with disabilities worked informally due to lack of opportunities, according to data from the Paralife Foundation. It is estimated that the number of people in this…

Supply chain issues, shipping delays and lingering fears from the pandemic have injected a heightened level of stress and scarcity into this year’s holiday shopping season. That could lead some consumers to fall for scam deals or buy products that aren’t quite what they expected. NerdWallet - NerdWallet Here’s how…

Hit hard by the pandemic, the hotel industry seems to be on the road to recovery. With Covid cases declining and people finding the confidence to take a vacation, hotels across the country are seeing a turnaround. In an interview with ET Digital, Pranjal Prashar, Co-founder, RepUp, talks about the…

Pandemic recovery plans that invest in or subsidize fossil fuels will increase the spread of infectious diseases globally by contributing to climate change, according to a new report from The Lancet, a leading medical journal. Increased infections of dengue fever, cholera and malaria are just some of the ways, along with…

Here are five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Thursday morning. We'll have another update for you this evening. 1. Doctors call for England's Covid Plan B to start There are no plans to introduce tougher measures, or Plan B, in England despite daily coronavirus cases…

A Brazilian Senate report has recommended pursuing crimes against humanity and other charges against President Jair Bolsonaro over his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. The 66-year-old leader quickly rejected the accusations on Wednesday, insisting that he was “guilty of nothing”. More than 600,000 people in Brazil have died from COVID-19,…