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The Bank of Bermuda Foundation has handed out a total of $132,500 to support pandemic emergency services, it said today.
The charitable foundation has backed food programmes, the provision of emergency shelter, mental health services, medicine delive...
DATE: May 20, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Businesses hoping to reopen in the second phase of the island’s return to normality were asked to send any requests for information about maximum occupancy levels by e-mail.
A plea from the Bermuda Fire and Rescue Service came after David Burt, the P...
DATE: May 19, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
The number of emergency calls involving people with dementia has risen during the Covid-19 crisis, a charity for sufferers and their caregivers has warned.
Action on Alzheimer’s and Dementia, which has stopped its usual programmes for the “foreseeabl...
DATE: May 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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Action on Alzheimer’s and Dementia gives the following tips for helping loved ones with memory problems cope during the pandemic:
• If you feel it won’t cause unnecessary worry, try providing newspaper articles or watching daily news briefings toget...
DATE: May 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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The Bermuda Post Office is seeking alternative routes for international mail, which has been halted by the Covid-19 pandemic.
A spokeswoman this afternoon said the BPO was “working diligently” with partners overseas, including the United States and B...
DATE: May 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Residents were invited to help record the island’s generosity during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Association of Fundraising Professionals Bermuda Chapter said it supported a project designed to “track the philanthropic response” to the coronavirus cri...
DATE: May 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A man in need of an operation that can be done overseas only said yesterday he feared he may lose a limb because of Covid-19 travel restrictions.
He said: “There’s a time limit or I’m going to end up losing my leg.”
But the man said that he had been...
DATE: May 16, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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No new cases of Covid-19 were found in the latest set of results to come back to the health ministry, it was announced today.
A total of 82 test results were received and all were clear.
A spokeswoman said the island had recorded 123 confirmed cases ...
DATE: May 16, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A ninth death related to Covid-19 was reported by the Government yesterday.
The Ministry of Health received 45 test results with one positive — the individual who lost their life.
A government spokeswoman said there were 122 confirmed cases, with 47 ...
DATE: May 15, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A government worker who waited two weeks for the result of her coronavirus screening said the delay was “unacceptable”.
The woman said: “It’s stressful, it plays on your mind. Even taking every precaution possible, there is still a chance you can ha...
DATE: May 15, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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