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The number of active Covid-19 cases has dropped by almost 700 in less than a month, new figures released last night show.
Latest figures show that there were just six new cases out of 1,229 test results meaning the island now has 208 active cases. A...
DATE: May 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A Bermudian nurse working on the Covid frontline in Washington DC has been recognised as being one of the top 50 nurses in the US capital.
The Washingtonian magazine highlighted Davon Adams, 31, among 50 nurses in the area as part of an Excellenc...
DATE: May 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda’s nurses were saluted yesterday in recognition of their life-saving service during the coronavirus pandemic.
International Nurses Week was marked by the Bermuda Nurses Association in a ceremony at City Hall with Kim Wilson, the health minist...
DATE: May 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A doctor warned last night that unvaccinated people run the risk of becoming the “vessel in which a Bermuda variant” of Covid-19 is created.
Ramon Arscott, an expert in epidemiology and a plastic surgeon who appeared on a recent Covid-19 “mythbusters...
DATE: May 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Just four people tested positive for the coronavirus today, it was revealed last night.
The cases were among 706 test results that came back to health officials yesterday – a positive rate of 0.6 per cent.
One of the new cases was classified as on-is...
DATE: May 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Herd immunity against Covid-19 will not be reached for several months unless vaccine rates increase, the Opposition warned yesterday.
Michael Dunkley, the One Bermuda Alliance’ shadow health minister, said the Government needed a new approach to enco...
DATE: May 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A Bermuda Idol winner who was rushed to the US for life-saving surgery has developed a rare heart condition, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
Latosha Codrington had a heart attack last month, and later developed a blood clot in an artery.
She was taken...
DATE: May 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Health officials recorded 17 new coronavirus infections today.
The positives were among 3,423 test results that came back to health officials yesterday - a positivity rate of 0.5 per cent.
Nine cases are under investigation because they were among pe...
DATE: May 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
The sister of a well known taxi driver who died of complications after he developed Covid-19 yesterday appealed to the public to ignore bogus claims about the coronavirus.
Sharon Ward said: “If you don’t read or hear about Covid in the mainstream me...
DATE: May 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A total of 88 per cent of people admitted to hospital with Covid-19 over the last few weeks were not vaccinated, the Bermuda Hospitals Board revealed today.
The BHB said 81 patients treated between March 14 to May 1 had not had the vaccine, 10, or 11...
DATE: May 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan