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The island’s pandemic death toll has risen to 31, it was revealed at the weekend.
Kim Wilson, the health minister, said it was with “a heavy heart” that she announced the latest victim.
Ms Wilson added: “Our hearts and prayers go out to the loved one...
DATE: May 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Mothers’ Day flowers were on Saturday handed out at a vaccination centre by top politicians.
David Burt, the Premier, Walter Roban, the home affairs minister and Curtis Dickinson, the finance minister gave the flowers away at the mobile vaccination c...
DATE: May 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A strict quarantine regime for unvaccinated arrivals imposed as part of the battle against the Covid-19 pandemic are “oppressive and trample on Bermudians’ constitutional rights”, a senior British lawyer said today.
Courtenay Griffiths, a Queen’s Cou...
DATE: May 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Bermuda has failed to make a “green list” of countries with minimum Covid-19 restrictions for travel to Britain, it was revealed yesterday.
The island is on the “amber list” – which means travellers to the UK will still have to undergo a 10 day quara...
DATE: May 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Just two more coronavirus cases were recorded yesterday.
The infections were among 992 test results that came back to health officials – a positivity rate of 0.2 per cent.
Both were classed as on-island transmissions with known contacts.
The island’s...
DATE: May 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
An attack on conspiracy theorists who spread “outright lies” about the government’s handling of the Covid-19 crisis was yesterday launched by an MP.
Christopher Famous, the Progressive Labour Party MP for Devonshire East, said it was “heart wrenching...
DATE: May 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A florist has donated 300 roses to nurses at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital.
“We felt there was no one more deserving than nurses on the frontline of treating patients in Bermuda, to get a rose thanking them for their service,” said Demco owner Ca...
DATE: May 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Nurses were thanked for their dedication yesterday by the union that represents the health sector.
Kevin Grant, the general secretary designate of the Bermuda Public Service Union, said the Covid-19 pandemic made the work of nurses’ more important th...
DATE: May 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
“Limited visitation” will be allowed from Sunday for acute care and long term care patients at the island’s hospitals.
Bermuda Hospitals Board announced the move as the island’s coronavirus cases dropped enough to relax restrictions.
Two visitors can...
DATE: May 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Butterfield Banking centres in Hamilton, Somerset, and St George's will all remain open, but with the same reduced hours of 9am to 1pm after Covid restrictions are relaxed on Sunday, the bank said today.
A spokeswoman said: “With the recent announcem...
DATE: May 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff