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The Delta variant - also known as the Indian variant - of the coronavirus may have been identified on the island.
The variant, considered to be more virulent than other forms of Covid-19 and currently driving an upsurge in cases in the UK and elsewh...
DATE: Jun 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The death rate on the island in 2020 hit its highest levels for at least 20 years, the home affairs minister said yesterday.
Walter Roban said the number of deaths rose by 31, or 5.8 per cent, to 566 last year.
Mr Roban, speaking in the House of Asse...
DATE: Jun 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Bill Zuill
The number of groups exempted from supervised quarantine rules has been slashed, it was revealed tonight.
A Government spokeswoman said that the seven exempted categories for non-vaccinated arrivals had been cut to three in response to the spread of ...
DATE: Jun 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Bermuda Industrial Union today put pressure on the Government to change its policy to force unvaccinated arrivals to undergo a mandatory two week supervised quarantine.
The union also asked the Bermuda Hotel Association to rethink its requirement...
DATE: Jun 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Five new coronavirus cases were recorded last night.
The infections were among 1,818 results that came back to health ministry officials.
All the cases came in on flights from the US and Britain on Tuesday.
Two were residents who arrived on the JetBl...
DATE: Jun 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Government has insisted that demand for the Pfizer vaccine was still high and that the island would have enough supplies to reach herd immunity.
The Royal Gazette sent a series of questions to Government’s department of communication earlier this...
DATE: Jun 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
An appeal for student volunteers to join the front line in the war on the Covid-19 virus was today issued by the Government.
A Government spokeswoman said successful applicants would spend two weeks working with experienced staff members at The Molec...
DATE: Jun 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Join The Royal Gazette and its media partner The Washingtn Post for this livestream broadcast on new developments in cancer research.
2021 marks 50 years since the National Cancer Act was signed into law. Since then, enormous progress has been made ...
DATE: Jun 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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A women’s charity has rejected a $20,000 donation from a US fashion retailer because of controversy over a raft-up organised on a marketing trip to the island.
The Women’s Resource Centre was offered the cash on Tuesday by “an individual” who did no...
DATE: Jun 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A Canadian businessman who moved to Bermuda as a digital nomad and donated half a million dollars to support island businesses and frontline workers said he did it to help the place he now calls home.
Sean McNulty, 35, who has been living on the isla...
DATE: Jun 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
