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No new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed yesterday, the Government said last night.
A spokeswoman for the Ministry of Health reported that 61 test results had come back and all were clear. The total number of cases remains at 99, with five deaths.
Th...
DATE: Apr 24, 2020
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The scale of testing for Covid-19 was higher yesterday in Bermuda than any Caribbean country, according to data published online.
Figures on the Worldometer website showed that the island ranked above Aruba and the Cayman Islands when comparing the n...
DATE: Apr 24, 2020
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Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A Covid-19 case at a seniors home this month did not mandate testing of all residents and staff, Bermuda’s Chief Medical Officer insisted last night.
Cheryl Peek-Ball said that a Covid-19 case had been confirmed at the Westmeath Residential and Nurs...
DATE: Apr 23, 2020
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Health
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A nurse at Bermuda’s largest residential home for seniors tested positive for Covid-19 almost two weeks ago but a plea for everyone else at the facility to be immediately screened for the coronavirus was not acted on.
Barbara Lee, the chairwoman of t...
DATE: Apr 22, 2020
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A dozen new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed last night.
A spokeswoman for the Ministry of Health said that 222 test results had come back yesterday, with 12 positive and 210 clear.
The new victims brought the total number of cases up to 98, with 3...
DATE: Apr 22, 2020
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Health
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Teams from the Bermuda Hospitals Board and the Department of Health joined forces to spot possible risks of Covid-19 exposure in BHB staff who also worked at a care home that suffered an outbreak of the disease.
A BHB spokeswoman said that staff were...
DATE: Apr 22, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Public health officials tackled problems with Covid-19 testing materials by making their own, it was revealed yesterday.
A spokeswoman for the Ministry of Health said that staff at Government laboratories produced a viral transport medium — a way to ...
DATE: Apr 22, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Expertise and supplies from the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences are helping the island to battle Covid-19.
Rachel Parsons Biggs, a BIOS microbiologist, was seconded to Helix Bermuda, the forensics and clinical testing company where testing for th...
DATE: Apr 22, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
More than $1 million has been pledged to an emergency fund set up to help people get through the Covid-19 crisis, it was revealed yesterday.
The appeal was launched to help support charities and their work to provide essential services to people in n...
DATE: Apr 21, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A psychologist last night warned that the stress of the Covid-19 lockdown could take its toll on people under virtual house arrest.
Alison Daniels said people could fall prey to anxiety, sadness and feel unable to relax while the shelter-in-place reg...
DATE: Apr 21, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell