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The island’s blood donation service got a boost from the Hamilton Princess and Beach Club in advance of World Blood Donor Day next Monday.
The hotel donated raffle prizes of a weekend stay for the most active donors and a champagne brunch for newer o...
DATE: Jun 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A couple have donated $2,500 to the Bermuda Hospitals Board to show their appreciation for nursing staff.
Richard and Rebecca Wilson made the donation during Nurses Appreciation Month last month, saying they were grateful for the sacrifices health wo...
DATE: Jun 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
No new coronavirus cases have been recorded, the health ministry said last night.
A total of 1,698 test results were received by the Ministry and all were clear. One person has recovered while there were no deaths.
There are now just seven active co...
DATE: Jun 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
King Edward VII Memorial Hospital has resumed biopsies with its new 3D mammography machine.
Upgrades to the hospital’s GE Pristina 3D mammography unit meant the procedures were on hold until staff got fully trained.
The first patient yesterday [WEDNE...
DATE: Jun 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda’s stockpile of the Covid-19 vaccine has all but run out – with no plan in place to replenish supplies.
Government last night did not respond to questions about how many first doses of the Pfizer vaccine had been administered through yesterday...
DATE: Jun 09, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
No new coronavirus cases were recorded yesterday, the health ministry said last night.
A total of 1,193 test results came back to the ministry and all were clear.
The number of infections has also dropped and no one is hospitalised with Covid-19.
The...
DATE: Jun 09, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Bermuda’s Covid-19 risk rating was today downgraded by the US Centres for Disease Control.
Bermuda is now classed as “Level 2 – moderate”, down from “Level 4 – very high” in a travel advisory on the organisation’s website.
The CDC raised Bermuda’s ra...
DATE: Jun 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A total of three new cases of the coronavirus have been identified – all in residents who returned from overseas.
The health ministry said last night the cases all came in last Thursday on JetBlue flights from the US – two infections from New York an...
DATE: Jun 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
People who have not been vaccinated against Covid-19 have until today to get their first jab from the remaining stockpiles of the drug.
Supplies of the Pfizer vaccine will pass their use-by date at the end of the month.
With a three-week interval nee...
DATE: Jun 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A series of TV programmes promises to question conventional views of the Covid-19 pandemic and offer alternative ways to tackle the coronavirus.
Beyond the Pandemic features interviews with nine doctors and health professionals who will argue th...
DATE: Jun 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan