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The number of lives lost to Covid-19 has risen to eight, it was revealed yesterday. Kim Wilson, the health minister, said she was “deeply saddened” to report another fatality over the weekend. She said that the details of the victim would not be rele...

Hospital staff are not required to be tested for Covid-19, but that policy could change, according to the top doctor at Bermuda Hospitals Board. Michael Richmond, Chief of Staff at the BHB, said yesterday that employees were encouraged to get tested ...

No new cases of Covid-19 were recorded by the Ministry of Health on Saturday. A total of 166 test results came back negative, meaning Bermuda had still recorded 118 positive cases overall. The number of people in hospital dropped from 15 to 11; 36 pe...

The president of a nurses organisation said that the efforts of healthcare workers over the Covid-19 pandemic made appreciation day for the profession this month even more important. Renée Faulcon, the president of the Bermuda Nurses Association, sai...

Five care homes have recorded cases of Covid-19, the health minister revealed last night. Kim Wilson confirmed that three new cases reported on Wednesday were all residents in separate care homes. Outbreaks of the virus were earlier confirmed at West...

Public health experts have still to calculate the reproductive rate of Covid-19 on the island, the Minister of Health has said. Kim Wilson was asked by The Royal Gazette if she could share the R0, or R-nought, a value that represents the number of ne...

New cases of Covid-19 have been found in Bermuda’s care homes, the Government has revealed. Kim Wilson, the health minister, said that a total of 44 cases of the virus had been detected after tests at care homes — three more than on Monday. It was no...

A student spent weeks in quarantine and lockdown as part of an international team that designed an online tool to track potential cases of Covid-19. Gabe Jones, who is studying computer science at the University of Edinburgh, teamed up with Lee McArt...

The biochemist in charge of the main coronavirus screening laboratory said last night the tests used on the island were “very sensitive”. Carika Weldon added the key to a reduction in false results was to get the right sample from patients. Dr Weldon...

A staff member at a cancer charity has gone into self-quarantine in the wake of ignoring Covid-19 social-distancing rules for a group photograph on a beach after they were reopened last weekend. Lynne Woolridge, the chief executive of the Bermuda Can...