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A total of eight new cases of the coronavirus were identified over the weekend and all but one had no link to travel, the Minister of Health revealed last night.
Kim Wilson said the positive test results were among 2,044 that came back to health offi...
DATE: Nov 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Children and staff at a total of three schools and a nursery have been told to quarantine out of an “abundance of caution” over the coronavirus, the Government said last night.
Primary two pupils and some teachers at St George’s Preparatory School w...
DATE: Nov 23, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Saltus Grammar School lower primary pupils will have to quarantine after a youngster in Year 1 was in contact with a person who tested positive for the coronavirus, the health department revealed today.
Deryn Lavell, the head of school, told parents ...
DATE: Nov 20, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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The former chief executive of the Bermuda Health Council has settled her court battle against her ex-employer.
Counsel for the BHeC told the Court of Appeal yesterday that a settlement had been reached with Tawanna Wedderburn, who had launched a cour...
DATE: Nov 20, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Two cases of the coronavirus were found after airport arrival tests, the Government said today.
The positive tests were among 526 results that came back to health officials yesterday.
A health department spokesman said that the new cases were on a fl...
DATE: Nov 19, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A resident who showed symptoms of the coronavirus has tested positive, the Government announced yesterday.
All of the other 470 results received by the Ministry of Health on Tuesday were clear.
The positive case was classed as local transmission with...
DATE: Nov 19, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Visitors to Bermuda will be required to have a negative coronavirus test no more than five days before their departure to Bermuda, health minister Kim Wilson said tonight.
Non-residents were earlier required to have a negative test inside seven days ...
DATE: Nov 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A shortage of flu vaccinations happened despite 5,600 doses being ordered – an increase of 1,400 on a normal year, the Department of Health has revealed.
But a spokeswoman for the department said officials were working to get another 2,000 vaccinatio...
DATE: Nov 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A dental practice is to provide free care to people in need next week.
Coral Dental, based in Hamilton, will run its Give Back a Smile Day because of Covid-19 restrictions, which has prevented its usual free visits to rest homes.
Carmen Rabain, a par...
DATE: Nov 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A visitor has tested positive for the coronavirus on their day eight test - which brought the number of active cases on the island to 25.
The news yesterday came as a second global pharmaceutical company, Moderna, reported that an experimental Covid...
DATE: Nov 17, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff