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Port-of-Spain, June 26, 2023: “The incidence of diabetes and obesity among our children is alarming and therefore there is a need to revisit the food options fed to them to avoid an explosion of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs).” So said the Honourable Terrence Deyalsingh, Minister of Health as he met with the heads of Fast Food Chains and Restaurants at the Trinidad and Tobago Chamber’s Office, in Port-of-Spain earlier today.

Port-of-Spain, May 28, 2023: The Honourable Terrence Deyalsingh, Minister of Health called for robust and targeted approaches to address marketing strategies used by multinational corporations which encourage increased consumption of fast food by teens and adolescents, with the aim of preventing an explosive increase in the rate of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) including Cancers.

Port-of-Spain, May 12, 2023: The Ministry of Health notes that COVID-19 continues to circulate at a very low level in Trinidad and Tobago at this time. In keeping with the downward trend, the epidemiological and hospitalisation data for the period April 29, 2023 to May 12, 2023 is as follows:

·         The rolling average of new cases is 10,

·         One COVID-19 related death, and

Port-of-Spain, May 11, 2023: The Ministry of Health wishes to advise the general public that monkeypox, also known as mpox, is no longer considered a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC).