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The coronavirus is spreading faster in Bermuda than anywhere else in the world, statistics have shown. The New York Times put the island at the top of a global chart that listed the increase in cases over the last seven days. The newspaper said Bermu...

An organisation that represents island business owners added its voice to calls for unvaccinated residents to get the coronavirus jab. The Bermuda Employers’ Council highlighted the effects on work and lives that have returned with the latest wave of...

Increases in government health insurance premiums will not mean automatic jumps in rates for private insurance, experts have said. Michelle Jackson, the executive vice-president of insurance giant BF&M’s life and health department, said the company h...

A delivery service founder said that a spike in coronavirus cases meant increased demand for his business. Carl Vincent added that it became clear residents had been asked to quarantine when they were available at home for days to take receipt of the...

Government has been criticised for failing to consult with other stakeholders before introducing hikes to health insurance premiums. Increases to the standard premium rate were passed in the House of Assembly last Friday. But the Bermuda Public Servi...

People with the blood type O positive have been asked to donate. A Bermuda Hospitals Board spokeswoman said: “The Bermuda Blood Donor Centre is currently in need of O positive blood and is requesting members of the public donate where possible.” Dono...

Another person has died from Covid, the Government said last night. It marks the 37th death since the pandemic hit the island last year. The news was revealed after a press conference when health minister, Kim Wilson, announced new public safety rest...

Booster shots for the vaccine against Covid-19 are “number one on the list” for the Government’s immunisation committee. Kim Wilson, the health minister, said the committee would meet this week to discuss “how it will be distributed and when”. She no...

A Front Street bar closed yesterday after an employee tested positive for the coronavirus. The Docksider Pub and Restaurant will undergo a deep clean today and ten other staff members were expected to be swabbed for the virus this afternoon. Reed You...

People who flout public health regulations are appearing before the courts, the health minister said last night. Kim Wilson announced that, since June, six case files have been prepared for police and the Department of Public Prosecutions. “There are...