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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
People with special needs will be able to ride more safely at Windreach thanks to a donation from another charity.
The Committee of 25, whose mission is to support children with medical and/or special needs donated an unspecified amount of money fun...
DATE: Nov 16, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Bill Zuill
An integrated service model for healthcare is expected to reduce duplication and increase efficiency, the health minister said today.
Kim Wilson added that the plan to create universal health coverage would develop over “a number of years”.
She told ...
DATE: Nov 13, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Health administrators are being forced to drive down costs at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital in a bid to keep it up and running.
The Bermuda Hospitals Board 's top accountant warned that healthcare provision will not be "viable" unless further...
DATE: Nov 12, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A vaccine for Covid-19 could be available to Bermuda as early as next month, the health minister has revealed.
Kim Wilson said the UK had pledged to share some of its stock of vaccinations for the illness with its Overseas Territories when they beca...
DATE: Nov 11, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Two more passengers from a British Airways flight have tested positive for the coronavirus, the Government said today.
The new victims brought the total number of confirmed cases after the October 27 arrival from London to ten.
They were the only po...
DATE: Nov 06, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Standardised fees helped to deliver a cut in the spend on hospital services from 2017 to 2018, the Bermuda Health Council said today.
Tiara Carlington, a project manager for public health research and programmes, said the change was a significant fin...
DATE: Nov 06, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A courtroom has been refitted to cut the risk of coronavirus transmission so Supreme Court trials can restart.
Partitions were installed to shield jurors, staff and lawyers who use the Supreme Court in Sessions House.
Trials are expected to resume ne...
DATE: Nov 06, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Bermuda residents will not be faced with a rollback of their existing freedoms unless there is community transmission of the coronavirus, the health minister revealed.
The present 18 active Covid-19 cases are all imported, involving 13 returning resi...
DATE: Nov 04, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall
More than 400 coronavirus test results came back clear yesterday, the Ministry of Health said this afternoon.
None of the 409 samples received was positive.
Bermuda has had 206 total confirmed cases.
There are 18 active cases, which were all importe...
DATE: Nov 04, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter