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The Minister of Health has urged members of the community to get their Covid-19 booster jab as soon as possible in order to stay safe over the Christmas period. Kim Wilson said: “If you want to stay safe over the Christmas holidays, now is the time ...

A scientist’s hunch nine months ago put the island’s Covid-19 test programme ahead of the curve in quickly tracking the Omicron variant of the virus. The new strain was second-guessed earlier this year by Bermudian geneticist Carika Weldon of the Mol...

Students across seven year groups at Bermuda High School were forced to study from home yesterday as a result of positive Covid-19 cases being detected. Linda Parker, the school’s head teacher, sent a letter to parents on Sunday advising that owing...

A radiation therapy unit has had its accreditation renewed by a top oncology institute. The Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre (BCHC) announced its accreditation from the American College of Radiology today. David Serratore, the medical physicist at th...

New travel regulations, including the ability for residents to use their pre-departure test as an arrival test if returning within 72 hours, came into effect yesterday. Three changes, which have been brought to streamline border protocols, apply to a...

At least 16 of the island’s 35 active coronavirus cases are of the Omicron variant, it was announced last night. It means the number of active Omicron cases has gone up from two when figures were released on December 9. The news came as 20 people tes...

The Attorney-General has asked a judge to dismiss an order from the Information Commissioner to make the Government hand over records related to payments from the public purse to former premier Ewart Brown. The civil case was said in the Supreme Cour...

More than 20,000 Covid-19 antigen tests have been handed out to charities and other organisations last week. The donations came after a joint effort by the Inter Agency Committee for Children, Families and the Community with the Bermuda Foundation. T...

One more case of the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus has been isolated, health officials said last night. The infection was found in a person who arrived on the island from overseas. There have now been two confirmed Omicron cases on the islan...

Schools can again welcome parents and hold assemblies for staff and pupils after Covid-19 precautions were eased yesterday. A Ministry of Education spokeswoman confirmed that public schools had moved to Phase 3 of the Government’s Covid-19 system for...