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Bermuda Hospitals Board is to begin restricted visits tomorrow at its acute care units because of the rising numbers of Covid-19 cases in the community.
The restrictions were last in place in June, because of the pandemic.
Norma Smith, vice president...
DATE: Dec 09, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda now has 103 an active cases of the coronavirus as the Ministry of Health reported that ten more people tested positive yesterday.
The new cases were identified in 762 test results that came back to the ministry yesterday and bring the total...
DATE: Dec 09, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A Bermuda College student has tested positive for the coronavirus, it was announced last night.
Classes for the semester ended last week, and final examinations are being carried out remotely, but the college decided to close campus yesterday, except...
DATE: Dec 09, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Public schools are to close their classrooms and move to remote learning for the rest of the term as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, it was revealed yesterday.
The announcement came after 24 more cases of the coronavirus were recorded – which brou...
DATE: Dec 09, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Pupils and staff at CedarBridge Academy were told to quarantine for two weeks after a possible exposure to Covid-19.
A Ministry of Education spokeswoman said Ayoola Oyinloye, the Chief Medical Officer, instructed that the stay-at-home order was in pl...
DATE: Dec 09, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Rum firm Gosling’s has closed its shops after a worker tested positive for the coronavirus.
Now all staff are being tested and the firm will undergo deep cleaning before it reopens.
Nancy Gosling, the president and chief executive officer, said that...
DATE: Dec 08, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The Berkeley Institute has reverted to online learning from today until the end of term next Wednesday.
A note sent out last night said that the decision was taken because of parents’ and pupils’ concerns over Covid-19, although there have been no ca...
DATE: Dec 08, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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People who were at three entertainment venues at the end of last month were last night told to go into quarantine and get tested for the coronavirus.
A health ministry spokeswoman said anyone who was at Southampton Rangers Sports Club on November 27 ...
DATE: Dec 08, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A coronavirus case has been found at CedarBridge Academy and the school is to be closed while a risk assessment is carried out, the health ministry said last night.
A spokeswoman for the ministry said that pupils and staff would be banned from the De...
DATE: Dec 07, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A case of the Covid-19 illness has been found in a student attending the senior department at Saltus.
The school advised that all senior students from year ten through Saltus Graduate Year two would be sent home for contact tracing and other health p...
DATE: Dec 07, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell