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Claims that the Covid-19 Vaccination Centre is accepting walk-ins are “absolutely not true”, a Ministry of Health spokeswoman said today.
The spokeswoman said that the health ministry was aware of social media posts that claimed the vaccination centr...
DATE: Jan 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Travellers who plan to fly to the United States will soon need to have a negative Covid-19 test before they are allowed to depart.
The US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said yesterday it would introduce rules to require air passengers tra...
DATE: Jan 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A total of five new cases of the coronavirus were reported last night – all among residents returned from the United States.
One case arrived last Wednesday on the Delta flight from Atlanta and tested positive on Day 4.
The rest tested positive on ar...
DATE: Jan 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Bermuda Health Council is hold a virtual panel discussion this week on the health of seniors during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Ricky Braithwaite, the chief executive of the Bermuda Health Council, and Kieran Walsh, the clinical director of the Britis...
DATE: Jan 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
The Premier yesterday urged the island’s Black population to reject “vaccine hesitancy” as he got one of the first Covid-19 jabs.
David Burt said resistance to getting the injection was down to “historic” and “legacy” problems, but appealed to people...
DATE: Jan 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Two men in their 80s today were yesterday the first public recipients of the Covid-19 vaccine.
Robert Gibbons and Horace Rollins got their jabs at a special vaccination centre in Devonshire - and said they were delighted by the process.
Dr Gibbons, 8...
DATE: Jan 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A Covid-19 vaccine registration hotline has been swamped with calls.
One man, who asked not to be identified, said yesterday that the hotline was a “disaster” after he had made several unsuccessful attempts to get through.
He added: “I must have trie...
DATE: Jan 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
One Covid-19 patient is in critical care out of eight in hospital, health officials said last night.
They added four more people had tested positive for the coronavirus out of 1,427 new test results that came back today.
One was a visitor who arrived...
DATE: Jan 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Department of Health today outlined the steps people will have to take to get the Covid-19 vaccine.
1. Get your appointment to receive the vaccine by e-mail to vaccine@gov.bm or by phone at 444 2498 and selecting option 2.
2. You will arrive at...
DATE: Jan 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
All travellers to England, including those coming from Bermuda, are to be required to show a negative test for Covid-19.
The Bermuda Government’s London Office said the requirement for a clear test, taken up to 72 hours before departure, would start ...
DATE: Jan 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell