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Government’s Covid-19 vaccination programme is “drifting without impetus” and is unlikely to achieve herd immunity targets, according to the Opposition.
Michael Dunkley, the One Bermuda Alliance spokesman for National Security and Health, spoke out f...
DATE: Jul 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The number of Covid-19 cases in Bermuda rose to 15 this week after five new cases were confirmed.
Tonight a spokeswoman for the Ministry of Health announced the cases were found among 6,171 test results received since the last update on Tuesday.
Four...
DATE: Jul 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Government has granted almost 300 exemptions to mandatory quarantine since it came into effect on June 20.
There were 460 applications and 294 were granted between June 20 and July 10, MPs were told this morning.
Exemptions went to the medically vuln...
DATE: Jul 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A teenager has called for shade to be installed outside a Covid-19 testing site after she fainted in the heat and suffered facial injuries - and a medical bill of almost $3,000.
Celena Pires, 18, from Germany, flew to Bermuda last week on vacation a...
DATE: Jul 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Royal Gazette asked the public to tell us who their ‘Covid Hero’ was during the pandemic.
Many shared stories about people who inspired them or helped them get through the hardships faced for almost 18 months.
Although we received countless n...
DATE: Jul 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A nurse who helped manage a coronavirus outbreak in a nursing home while recovering from cancer surgery said he stayed committed because he knew he was needed.
Darren Hunnicutt, 38, worked at the Matilda Smith Williams Nursing Home last year after ev...
DATE: Jul 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
The Opposition is calling on Government to enforce mandatory supervised quarantine laws following a series of incidents at the airport this week.
Michael Dunkley, the One Bermuda Alliance spokesman for national security, pointed out that the party op...
DATE: Jul 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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Bermuda has one of the best Covid-19 testing regimes in the world, according to the Premier.
David Burt added that countries were following Bermuda as a model to improve their own testing rates.
Mr Burt was speaking at the official opening of a new p...
DATE: Jul 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
An opponent of mandatory quarantine was allowed to quarantine at home with a monitoring bracelet yesterday after the Government said he fell into an exempted category.
But Antonio Belvedere claimed on social media that he did not pay for or complete ...
DATE: Jul 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The doctor running Government’s Covid-19 testing facility has provided details of how vaccinations can dramatically reduce the spread of the disease.
Carika Weldon, who heads the department of health’s Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory, also explained...
DATE: Jul 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan