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A company owned by the Premier’s fintech adviser has earned $3.6 million after it was awarded no competition government contracts as part of the response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Technology firm resPartner, founded and co-owned by Denis Pitcher, wil...
DATE: Feb 08, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
Bermudians have signed up for an international fundraiser for a brain tumour research charity after an island teenager’s story of medical treatment for the life-threatening condition was shared online among millions around the world.
Lisa Winterman, ...
DATE: Feb 08, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Face masks were hung on the doorknob to the Cabinet Office on Saturday as part of a protest against mandatory mask wearing in schools as part of the battle against Covid-19.
About 50 people gathered on the grounds, including around 20 children, after...
DATE: Feb 07, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
An easing of Covid-19 health restrictions, including dropping SafeKey requirements for a string of venues, came into effect from noon yesterday, with some border restrictions also set to loosen early next month.
But Kim Wilson, the health minister, t...
DATE: Feb 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Pupils will still be expected to wear masks in classrooms to reduce the spread of the coronavirus, the health minister confirmed yesterday.
Kim Wilson said that the step helped to protect older family members in multigenerational homes.
She was speak...
DATE: Feb 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Covid-19 has claimed another life, health officials announced last night.
The latest fatality pushed the total since the pandemic hit almost two years ago to 118.
There are 18 people in hospital, three of them in intensive care, and 453 infected peo...
DATE: Feb 04, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Patients will be able to get their CT scans at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital again, the Bermuda Hospitals Board said today.
The BHB used the Brown-Darrell Clinic in Smith’s to cover scans while repairs were carried out on the hospital’s two s...
DATE: Feb 04, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
St David’s urgent care centre will only be open in the evening on weekdays due to staff shortages
DATE: Feb 02, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Education officials are prepared to meet a pressure group opposed to mandatory mask wearing and other Covid-19 precautions in schools, the organisation said yesterday.
A spokeswoman for Us For Them Bermuda said that Diallo Rabain, the Minister of Edu...
DATE: Feb 02, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Training Bermudians in science will continue despite the departure of the Government laboratory’s director, the Cabinet Office has said.
A spokeswoman added that the coronavirus pandemic also highlighted how courses could be added at the Bermuda Coll...
DATE: Feb 02, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter