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There are no patients in hospital with Covid-19 for the first time since the start of August, it was announced last night.
But health officials reported six new coronavirus results.
The new cases were detected among 4,528 test results that came back...
DATE: Nov 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Bermuda has passed its original 70 per cent herd immunity target for vaccinations, the latest Government figures have revealed.
The Government website showed 70.2 per cent of the population had received two shots and 16.8 per cent had received a boos...
DATE: Nov 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Nine new cases of the coronavirus have been logged, health officials announced last night.
There are 25 active infections with two people in hospital, one in intensive care, and 22 people being monitored by public health officials.
Ten of the cases ...
DATE: Nov 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Cheers, drumming and singing broke out at Shelly Bay yesterday as a cancer survivor came ashore from a charity swim to empower others battling the disease.
Nina London had told the gathering of friends: “To life, joy and happiness” before taking to t...
DATE: Nov 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The health minister tonight renewed her appeal for people to sign up for coronavirus vaccine booster vaccinations.
Kim Wilson was speaking after health officials recorded one new case out of the latest 2,974 test results.
The infection came in from o...
DATE: Nov 20, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A former cancer patient celebrating five years in the clear is to brave the waters off Bermuda for a charity swim.
Nina London, a columnist for The Royal Gazette, is staging the event to raise funds for cancer charity Pals.
She plans to start her 2k...
DATE: Nov 20, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Regulations for indoor dining and large group gatherings were last night relaxed as the number of Covid-19 continued to fall.
The SafeKey pass was required for indoor activities such as dining over the latest outbreak.
It was also mandatory for all...
DATE: Nov 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Only one person tested positive for Covid-19 out of the 1,618 results received by health officials on Monday.
There were no cases found in Sunday’s 1,577 test results.
This evening’s announcement show active cases of the virus continuing to fall, dow...
DATE: Nov 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Health officials admitted that “some people” under 50 had “slipped through the cracks” and managed to get a Covid-19 vaccine booster despite not being eligible yet.
But the Ministry of Health could not give a number or explain why immunised people ag...
DATE: Nov 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
Age Concern is to launch a Covid-19 booster shot hotline.
The charity said eligible members of the public will be able to get information on the vaccine and register for the booster from Monday.
Callan Bassett, the organisation’s business development...
DATE: Nov 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor