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A huge increase in cases of a deadly dog virus has led to special vaccination clinics being organised.
The move came after cases of canine parvovirus, a gastrointestinal disease that can kill, more than tripled over the last month.
As reported earlie...
DATE: Aug 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
About 300 residents have become immunised against Covid-19 in the last two weeks, the latest vaccination figures have revealed.
The number of people who have had a second jab now stands at 64.6 per cent of the population – an increase of just 0.5 per...
DATE: Aug 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Issues affecting the housing, wellbeing and safety of Bermuda’s seniors were discussed during a recent government-led visit to an independent living complex.
Tinee Furbert, the Minister of Social Development and Seniors was joined at Dr Cann Park in...
DATE: Aug 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Government is “stepping back” from the double challenge of control of the Covid-19 pandemic and rebuilding the economy, the Opposition claimed last night.
Michael Dunkley, the One Bermuda Alliance spokesman for health and national security, was speak...
DATE: Aug 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A “therapy in a box” service created to teach people how to take charge of their mental health is to be launched next month.
Adriene Berkeley, a psychologist and neuroscientist, said she had seen a lot of people who were able to conceal their problem...
DATE: Aug 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Five clusters of Covid-19 outbreaks around the island have been confirmed, the health minister has revealed, calling them “concerning”.
Kim Wilson said the largest cluster numbered about 25 people, adding that it appeared to have come from breaches o...
DATE: Aug 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Unvaccinated travellers will be able to spend some of their mandatory quarantine at home instead of a hotel, it was revealed last night.
David Burt, the Premier, said unvaccinated people who arrived on the island with a clear preflight PCR test would...
DATE: Aug 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Almost 96 per cent of Bermuda’s doctors recommended the Covid-19 vaccine in a major survey of the profession by the Bermuda Medical Doctors’ Association.
The association poll found 68 island doctors said they would recommend the Pfizer or Moderna vac...
DATE: Aug 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda’s number of fully vaccinated people nudged up to 64.4 per cent, with 65.7 per cent of the population getting one jab.
It marks a slight rise from the 64.1 per cent of immunised residents reported last week.
Over the 30 weeks of vaccination on...
DATE: Aug 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The number of Covid-19 cases has risen to 83 after 31 new cases were recorded since last Friday – the highest number of infections since May.
The rise in cases prompted Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health, to urge the public to take precautions agains...
DATE: Aug 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes