T&T sets new entry protocols effective Nov. 15
Some Trinbagonians hoping to return home for Christmas are in luck after the country announced a relaxation of entry requirements yesterday.
Prime Minister Dr Keith
Rowley outlined new measures for the re-entry of citizens at a press conference
yesterday.
Rowley, noting the demand by citizens
to return, said it would not be possible to accommodate everyone.
Minister of National Security, Stuart
Young, said people wishing to return would need to have a negative PCR test two
days before arrival and that they would be placed in state quarantine
facilities for seven days and released only after testing negative after the
sixth day.
The new measure will go into effect on November
15.
Approximately 13, 042 applications have
been received for re-entry with 7,204 receiving exemptions, Young said.
Trinidad and Tobago has recorded 5, 798
positive cases of the virus with 111 deaths.