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The total number of Covid-19 cases remained at 141 after 30 test results for the coronavirus came back clear yesterday.
A Ministry of Health spokeswoman said there were now 19 active cases of the illness, with 11 people under public health monitoring...
DATE: Jun 04, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Savings of more than $280,000 over three months were made when the Bermuda Health Council procured masks to limit the spread of Covid-19 in care homes, the organisation said today.
The health council explained that its personal protective equipment o...
DATE: Jun 04, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A sharp racial disparity in infection and death from Covid-19 was revealed yesterday in a review commissioned by the British Government.
The Public Health England report echoed a similar trend seen in Bermuda, where the coronavirus pandemic has taken...
DATE: Jun 03, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Family and friends can see patients in wards after the Bermuda Hospitals Board entered the first phase of relaxing visiting restrictions today.
A limited number of designated people can visit loved-ones in acute care at the King Edward VII Memorial H...
DATE: Jun 03, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The island’s total cases of Covid-19 held steady at 141 today, after 143 tests all came in negative.
There are now 19 active cases of the illness, with 11 people under public health monitoring.
Eight patients are in hospital, but none are in critical...
DATE: Jun 02, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
All 53 Covid-19 test results that came back yesterday were clear, the Ministry of Health said last night.
The number of confirmed cases in Bermuda remained at 139 with the death toll unchanged at nine.
A total of nine people aged between 66 and 91 ar...
DATE: May 28, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A charity set up to support children through crises has relaunched its anti-domestic abuse campaign after an increase in reported incidents over the Covid-19 lockdown.
Family Centre reminded people of the need to protect defenceless young people.
San...
DATE: May 28, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
More than $260,000 worth of coronavirus test kits bought from the Cayman Islands have never been used, the health ministry has said.
The 12,000 kits, flown to the island from London on April 24, were part of an order placed by the Cayman Islands from...
DATE: May 27, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The island today recorded six new cases of Covid-19, the health ministry said tonight.
The positive results were among 170 results that came back to officials.
The new infections brought the total number of cases to 139.
Kim Wilson, the health minist...
DATE: May 26, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Five new cases of Covid-19 were among 229 test results that came back on Saturday, the health ministry said.
A spokeswoman for the ministry said that the total number of confirmed cases stood at 133.
She added there were 43 active cases of the diseas...
DATE: May 25, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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