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A gift shop set up to cater to the tourist trade has become a victim of the Covid-19 pandemic. Riihiluoma’s Flying Colours on Queen Street, Hamilton, has laid off 11 full-time staff on a temporary basis and closed its doors. The owners of the shop sa...

A total of 90 coronavirus test kits are now on the island and more are expected by the end of the week, the Premier’s Office said last night. A spokeswoman said the testing equipment already here — which can give a result in as little as 24 hours — w...

A Bermudian student in self-quarantine appealed for others to do what they could to curb the potential spread of Covid-19. Isabella Zuill-McKenzie, a student at London Metropolitan University, went into self-quarantine on Sunday after she returned to...

The Catholic Church suspended Masses yesterday — including funerals — amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Bishop Wieslaw Spiewak said that priests across the island would celebrate Mass alone “for the intentions of the people of his parish” and that committa...

Diners can enjoy some of their favourite restaurant meals at home with a scheme designed to keep businesses running over the course of Covid-19. The Bermuda Chamber of Commerce teamed up with the City of Hamilton and the Bermuda Economic Development ...

Customs officers walked off the job at the airport tonight. It is understood the industrial action came over fears about Covid-19. The island’s first two confirmed cases arrived at LF Wade International on flights from the US and Britain. Wayne Caine...

Supermarkets could limit the number of customers to 50 people at a time if a case of Covid-19 was confirmed, a business leader said this week. Zach Moniz, the manager of the Lindo’s Group of Companies, explained that plans were in place to manage a r...

The airport will close to all passenger flights at midnight on Friday for two weeks, the Premier said tonight. David Burt added that “only returning residents will be allowed on flights to Bermuda between tomorrow morning and Friday night”. Non-resid...

The Bermuda Hospitals Board suspended all non-emergency surgery yesterday as the health service braces itself for Covid-19. A BHB spokeswoman said the halt will allow time for operating theatre staff to be “upskilled” with extra training in critical-...

This afternoon the care home team of the Ministry of Health held a COVID-19 preparedness meeting at the K. Margaret Carter Centre for all categories of care home staff. At the meeting, co-presenters Ja-Mae Smith, Programme Manager of the Care Home R...