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Bermuda recorded another 18 cases of Covid-19 over the weekend, bringing the total number of active cases to 75.
The figure represents one of the biggest daily totals in months, and suggests the spread of the virus is snowballing.
The Ministry of Hea...
DATE: Dec 07, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
People who attended a funeral last Saturday have been advised to quarantine.
The request came as the health ministry reported that ten positive cases of coronavirus were received yesterday.
A spokeswoman for the Ministry of Health said this afternoo...
DATE: Dec 06, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
David Burt, the Premier, will provide a Covid-19 update in the wake of a weekend of activity and positive tests.
Mr Burt will be joined by Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health, and Ayoola Oyinloye, the Chief Medical Officer.
The briefing will begin at ...
DATE: Dec 06, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
RG Live
Plain-clothes police officers are to be deployed to check that businesses are in line with Covid-19 regulations, it was revealed yesterday.
Assistant Commissioner of Police Martin Weekes said it was one of the steps being taken as part of a “proporti...
DATE: Dec 05, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Under the emergency regulations for Covid-19, residents are required to wear a mask protecting the nose and mouth in situations where they cannot maintain social distancing of 6ft.
Wear a mask so it comes close to the bridge of the nose, and all the ...
DATE: Dec 05, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A Covid-19 patient was today in critical care, the health minister told the House of Assembly.
Kim Wilson said one other victim of the disease was also in hospital, but in a general ward.
The grim news came as Bermuda reached a total of 278 confirme...
DATE: Dec 04, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Technology played a key role in Bermuda’s fight against Covid-19, with the island rolling out five separate apps.
David Burt, the Premier, said in the House of Assembly that the first, the HealthIQ app, remained in use.
A sequence of other apps were ...
DATE: Dec 04, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The entire population is expected to have access to a coronavirus vaccine under Government plans to manage the pandemic’s impact.
A Ministry of Health spokeswoman said that some groups like healthcare workers and seniors will get priority as part of ...
DATE: Dec 04, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A recommendation that people involved with three international sporting events get tested for the coronavirus has been issued – almost a month after the events were held.
David Kendell, the director of the Department of Health, wrote in a November 27...
DATE: Dec 04, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
Bermuda logged five new coronavirus cases yesterday out of 682 test results for the illness, bringing the number of active cases to 47.
There are nine cases under investigation, a spokeswoman for the Ministry of Health said.
Two of the cases, both as...
DATE: Dec 03, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
