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Hospital patients will be allowed to have some visitors from tomorrow after a fall in the number of coronavirus cases.
An easing of restrictions will follow the “long and brutal” surge of Covid-19 patients linked to the Delta variant of the virus.
A ...
DATE: Nov 03, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The Covid-19 death toll rose to 104 yesterday as the Minister of Health announced another three coronavirus-related deaths.
Kim Wilson said that ten new cases were discovered among 6,461 test results since the last update.
Half of the ten were classe...
DATE: Nov 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda’s death toll from Covid-19 rose by one to 101 last night after another death was recorded.
But other figures for coronavirus continued to fall – active cases were down to 84 from 99 three days ago, close to the numbers seen on August 7, early...
DATE: Oct 30, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Disagreements over the Covid-19 vaccine have created an atmosphere of “toxicity and disharmony” in the workplace, a union leader claimed yesterday.
Armell Thomas, the president of the Bermuda Public Services Union, said that there were “divisions” be...
DATE: Oct 29, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Bermuda’s deaths from Covid-19 last night hit the grim milestone of 100 with two more fatalities related to coronavirus.
Kim Wilson, the health minister, also announced 12 new cases out of the 3,450 latest test results for the virus.
Active cases con...
DATE: Oct 28, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The US has announced it will make limited exceptions for unvaccinated foreigners to enter the country.
Exceptions will be made for children, people who have to visit for emergency or humanitarian reasons and people who cannot have the vaccine for med...
DATE: Oct 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Two more people have died as a result of Covid-19, the Ministry of Health announced last night.
The news brought the number of deaths linked to the coronavirus up to 98.
There are 21 people in hospital with seven in intensive care.
Health officials...
DATE: Oct 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A company has given a $6,500 water treatment system to a charity to mark its 25th anniversary in business.
ClearWater System will install a filtration and ultraviolet disinfection system in the main pump room of the Bermuda Diabetes Association’s new...
DATE: Oct 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The island last night marked its first death from Covid-19 since October 13 – which pushed the death toll to 96.
But active infections stood at 171, compared with August 26, when there were 179 active cases.
Hospital cases have also dropped to 26 fro...
DATE: Oct 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The King Edward VII Memorial Hospital today dropped from its top alert level to reflect a fall in the number of Covid-19 patients who need emergency and intensive care.
But a spokeswoman said the downgrade from Level 4 to 3 was a tentative step.
She ...
DATE: Oct 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell