THE 33 stranded Trinidadians should be back home today, despite a short delay.
After a Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) donation of 11 000 testing kits and 782 pieces of personal protection equipment to the Ministry of Health, Minister Jeffrey Bostic spoke about the situation concerning the Trinidadians.
The presentation of equipment was made at PAHO’s office, Dayrells Road and Navy Gardens, Christ Church.
“There are two chartered flights, I believe, which are scheduled to take them back to Trinidad today. We are doing the tests and we will send the results to Trinidad but that is not going to stop them from making the flights this afternoon. They will be tested, they will fly and we will pass the information to the authorities in Trinidad as soon as we have the results,” Bostic said.
The Trinidadians were at Grantley Adams International Airport this morning with the first group waiting to board their flight, when they were informed of the delay.
Nation News was told that the Trinidad Government had requested medical testing before the group left Barbados. The 33 were taken to Paragon to be tested.
The Trinidadians had been quarantined at Sugarcane Club in St Peter and stayed there even after the quarantine period.
Bernie Weatherhead, owner of Sugarcane Club, was at the airport to see them off.
The Trinidadians had arrived on a flight from England last month after completing a cruise vacation that had started in Dubai. However, they were left here after Trinidad closed its borders as a response to novel coronavirus (COVID-19). (CA)
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