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Government’s Bermuda College vaccination centre is accepting walk-ins aged over 50, it was revealed today.
The college centre earlier gave shots to seniors over the age of 65 who had been unable to register online.
A spokeswoman for the ministry of h...
DATE: Mar 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The number of active Covid-19 cases has risen to 29 after seven positive tests were recorded yesterday.
Four of the new cases were imported by residents who arrived on an American Airlines flight from Miami on Monday and tested positive on arrival.
O...
DATE: Mar 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Walk-in vaccinations for seniors will be launched today at the Bermuda College clinic.
The jab against the coronavirus will be offered to people aged 65 or older from 3pm to 6.45pm until next Tuesday.
A health ministry spokeswoman said: “This walk-in...
DATE: Mar 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Health officials announced two new coronavirus cases tonight.
The health ministry said the infections were included among 1604 test results that had come back since the last update.
A spokeswoman said: “These two new cases are classified as under inv...
DATE: Mar 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
This month has been declared Social Work Month by the social development and seniors minister.
Tinee Furbert said she had been “honoured” to carry out the virtual launch of the celebration of the profession.
This year's theme is "Social Workers Are E...
DATE: Mar 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Police have launched an investigation into a weekend party that breached Covid-19 rules.
A police spokesman said that officers were alerted to a celebration at the Horticultural Hall in Paget’s Botanical Gardens last Friday night with more than 100 p...
DATE: Mar 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
The island’s soldiers continue to make a valuable contribution to the campaign against Covid-19.
The Royal Bermuda Regiment has been stood down from embodiment after the lockdown was stopped.
But troops are still acting as Covid-19 marshals and helpi...
DATE: Mar 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
About 600 people got their first coronavirus jab after too much vaccine was thawed out, health officials revealed tonight.
Kim Wilson, the health minister, said officials were looking at why the extra doses were taken out of deep freeze.
She added: “...
DATE: Mar 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
More than $30 million was spent in the battle against the coronavirus in the first seven months after its arrival last March, it was revealed today.
The news came in a report issued by Heather Thomas, the Auditor-General, after an examination of the...
DATE: Mar 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
More than half of residents over the age of 80 have received a Covid-19 vaccination, the health minister announced yesterday.
Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health, said in the House of Assembly that 23,939 vaccinations have been performed up to and inc...
DATE: Mar 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes