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More than 5,000 residents have registered for the coronavirus vaccine, the health minister revealed last night.
Kim Wilson made the announcement as it was reported that three more people had tested positive for Covid-19 but the number of active cases...
DATE: Jan 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Hi-tech thermal detectors have been introduced in hospitals as part of a pilot programme to measure temperatures without contact with staff.
The Bermuda Hospitals Board said two brands of monitor have been in use since Christmas Eve – two at the King...
DATE: Jan 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A total of three new cases of coronavirus have been detected – two classed as on-island transmissions with known contacts.
The third was a resident who flew home on the Air Canada flight last Friday from Toronto, and tested positive on the Day 4 test...
DATE: Jan 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The leader of an anti-substance abuse charity said it hoped to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars a year to help the organisation expand.
Leslie Grant, the executive director of Focus Counselling Services, added there were plans for building proj...
DATE: Jan 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Men who struggled with substance abuse problems have revealed how a charity had helped them make positive changes in their lives.
Clients of Focus Counselling Services said the organisation’s programmes supported their paths to recovery.
One, whose ...
DATE: Jan 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A Black nurse who cared for civil rights activist, parliamentarian and doctor EF Gordon on his deathbed has died.
Moira Cann, 90, shielded Dr Gordon from the racist treatment she endured at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital during segregation unt...
DATE: Jan 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell, Chief Obituary Writer
Members of the public should trust medical experts over vaccinations, an author for one of the world’s top medical journals said yesterday.
Kieran Walsh, the clinical director of the British Medical Journal’s BMJ Best Practice, said that more effort ...
DATE: Jan 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
An “influential asset” to the growth of St John Ambulance Bermuda has been promoted to the position of Commissioner.
Jeffrey Borges was Deputy Commissioner at the charity before his latest appointment.
A spokeswoman said: “Mr Borges joined St John Am...
DATE: Jan 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Bermuda has reported no locally transmitted cases of Covid-19 for a second day.
There were three imported cases found out of 966 test results, the Ministry of Health announced last night – all among residents returning from overseas.
One arrived last...
DATE: Jan 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Staff at the Ministry of Finance are working from home after the department closed its offices on Parliament Street.
But the Government is refusing to give a reason for the closure or say when the shutdown was imposed.
In a statement issued yesterday...
DATE: Jan 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
