Minister of Health Terrence Deyalsingh has condemned Thursday's attack on Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines, Dr Ralph Gonsalves.
On Thursday, during an anti-vaccine protest in Kingstown, protestors launched projectiles at the Prime Minister as he was walking into Parliament.
According to a State update late on Thursday, Gonsalves suffered a concussion when he was struck in the head.
Speaking at Saturday's Ministry of Health's Health's COVID update, Deyalsingh said "it is never good when we resort to violence."
"That type of behaviour is not to be tolerated, condoned or encouraged. I'm glad that my worst fears were not realised and the prime minister seems to be recovering nicely," Deyalsingh said.
"I pray, and I think all of Trinidad and Tobago, we pray for his recovery and let's wish him the best," he said.
On Thursday, St Vincent piloted legislation to make vaccines mandatory for all frontline workers. The protestors were called out by tripartite unions against mandatory vaccination.
Gonsalves has since blamed the country's Opposition for the protest and the escalation to violence. According to international reports, a woman was held on Friday in connection with the incident. There have been no recent updates on that police investigation.
Since then, Caricom chairman Gaston Browne has condemned the attack and said he was concerned about the rising incidents of violence in the Caribbean.
Guardian Media reached out to Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley for comment since Thursday, but there has been no response.
Rowley floated the idea of mandatory vaccines in T&T last month but nothing more has been said on that matter.