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Bermuda has one of the best Covid-19 testing regimes in the world, according to the Premier.
David Burt added that countries were following Bermuda as a model to improve their own testing rates.
Mr Burt was speaking at the official opening of a new p...
DATE: Jul 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
An opponent of mandatory quarantine was allowed to quarantine at home with a monitoring bracelet yesterday after the Government said he fell into an exempted category.
But Antonio Belvedere claimed on social media that he did not pay for or complete ...
DATE: Jul 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The doctor running Government’s Covid-19 testing facility has provided details of how vaccinations can dramatically reduce the spread of the disease.
Carika Weldon, who heads the department of health’s Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory, also explained...
DATE: Jul 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
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...
DATE: Jul 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
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...
DATE: Jul 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
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...
DATE: Jul 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
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...
DATE: Jul 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
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...
DATE: Jul 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
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...
DATE: Jul 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Bill Zuill
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...
DATE: Jul 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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