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Government has consistently fallen short on addressing long-term care for seniors, the executive director of Age Concern Bermuda charged this week. Claudette Fleming spoke after the continued shortage of hospital beds at King Edward VII Memorial Hosp...

The couple at the centre of the storm over mandatory quarantine will appear in Magistrates’ Court this morning as police last night warned that anyone refusing to adhere to mandatory supervised quarantine rules will be “detained, arrested and prosecu...

More than 87 per cent of the population would need to be vaccinated in order to achieve herd immunity from Covid-19 variants, according to a government scientist. Carika Weldon made the recommendation in an affidavit last month after a number of posi...

The number of active Covid-19 cases remained steady at 11 this week as four new cases were matched by four recoveries. Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health, said all of the new cases were returning residents and classified as imported. Ms Wilson said t...

Two parents who defied the Government’s mandatory quarantine on unvaccinated travellers flying into Bermuda will be charged in court, the Ministry of Health announced last night. Sophia Cannonier, at home with her husband Michael Watson, said the two...

Bermuda has to “address its aversion to immigration” and also find ways to encourage highly educated Bermudians who have emigrated to return, according to economist Craig Simmons. That’s because it has an ageing population which is failing produce e...

The Pathology department at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital has maintained its special laboratory accreditation. The accreditation through the Joint Commission International is an assessment of patient safety and quality standards. This is Path...

A shortage of hospital bed space has been blamed on delays in discharging patients. The issue was highlighted by a resident after a family member was injured on July 3, but remained in the Emergency Room because no beds were free. The resident said t...

A former patient has written an open letter to the Premier, David Burt, saying mental health services in Bermuda are in crisis. Tania Stafford, who received treatment for mental illness at the Mid-Atlantic Wellness Institute, has also sent the letter...

Fifteen more babies were born in 2020 than a year earlier, reversing a trend that began with the financial crisis of 2008. The increase from 525 to 540 registered births does not appear to have been due to a baby boom many predicted when the world w...