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Bermuda’s coronavirus test regime ranks top in the Americas and seventh worldwide per head of population, it was revealed last night.
Kim Wilson, the health minister said the island had carried out nearly 46,000 tests during the pandemic.
She was spe...
DATE: Sep 02, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A visitor who arrived from Britain tested positive for the coronavirus over the weekend.
It was the single positive among 919 test results received by the Ministry of Health on Saturday.
The person who tested positive arrived on the British Airways f...
DATE: Aug 31, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Bermuda has earned a global stamp of approval for its handling of the Covid-19 pandemic and a high level of health and safety protocols across its tourism industry.
The World Travel & Tourism Council has designated Bermuda a “Safe Travels” destinatio...
DATE: Aug 27, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
There were no new cases of the coronavirus in 769 test results received by the Ministry of Health today.
Bermuda has had 168 confirmed cases and 151 people have recovered.
Eight people who tested positive for the coronavirus are “active cases” but ar...
DATE: Aug 26, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A single case of the coronavirus was detected among 1,493 test results that came back to health officials between Sunday and yesterday.
A health ministry spokeswoman said: “The latest positive case is classified as local transmission as the new posit...
DATE: Aug 25, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The Chief Medical Officer expected to spend the past few months completing projects before she settled into retirement after a career in public health that spanned almost three decades.
But Cheryl Peek-Ball’s final stretch in the job was instead cons...
DATE: Aug 25, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A Hamilton café apologised today for causing concern after it told customers that a diner tested positive for the coronavirus.
Café Acoreano, on Washington Street, clarified that the Ministry of Health was carrying out contact tracing to determine wh...
DATE: Aug 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
An expanded government laboratory will be set up at Bermuda College to help train scientists in an “amazing” achievement for the island, the Premier said.
David Burt revealed that Carika Weldon, a geneticist, will move back home from Britain to set u...
DATE: Aug 22, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A fourth business has been exposed to Covid-19, it was revealed yesterday.
The Devil’s Isle restaurant was told a breakfast customer on Monday morning later tested positive for the coronavirus.
Now two members of staff at the Hamilton restaurant who...
DATE: Aug 21, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A restaurant in Hamilton has closed its doors on a temporary basis after a tourist who ate there twice tested positive for the coronavirus.
Now The Terrace on Front Street has decided to cease operations until all 18 staff have clear tests for the co...
DATE: Aug 21, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan