Hundreds of people demonstrate in Trinidad and Tobago against COVID-19 rules.
The government of Trinidad and Tobago’s handling of the COVID-19 outbreak sparked a major protest on Sunday.
Hundreds marched around the Queen’s Park Savannah in solidarity against Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley’s handling of the epidemic and the vaccine program for government workers, dubbed the “Push Back” protest.
The demonstrators were headed by social activist Umar Abdullah of the First Wave Movement, who chanted, “Rowley must go.”
The rally occurred only hours after Rowley announced that the government would delay the implementation of its immunization program for public health personnel until mid-February.
On Monday, January 17th, the policy was meant to go into force.
The prime minister also announced the formation of a five-member committee to research the factors that influence COVID-19 patients’ clinical results.
Meanwhile, during the rally, police detained a number of individuals.
Abdullah and his followers were ordered to leave by the police because they did not have a license to demonstrate from the acting Commissioner of Police, according to the police. The mob persevered, and the march continued.
The riot police were brought in after multiple efforts to disperse the massive throng, according to the police, and officers began holding demonstrators while firing tear gas canisters at the crowd.
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