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An easing of Covid-19 health restrictions, including dropping SafeKey requirements for a string of venues, came into effect from noon yesterday, with some border restrictions also set to loosen early next month.
But Kim Wilson, the health minister, t...
DATE: Feb 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Pupils will still be expected to wear masks in classrooms to reduce the spread of the coronavirus, the health minister confirmed yesterday.
Kim Wilson said that the step helped to protect older family members in multigenerational homes.
She was speak...
DATE: Feb 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Covid-19 has claimed another life, health officials announced last night.
The latest fatality pushed the total since the pandemic hit almost two years ago to 118.
There are 18 people in hospital, three of them in intensive care, and 453 infected peo...
DATE: Feb 04, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Patients will be able to get their CT scans at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital again, the Bermuda Hospitals Board said today.
The BHB used the Brown-Darrell Clinic in Smith’s to cover scans while repairs were carried out on the hospital’s two s...
DATE: Feb 04, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
St David’s urgent care centre will only be open in the evening on weekdays due to staff shortages
DATE: Feb 02, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Education officials are prepared to meet a pressure group opposed to mandatory mask wearing and other Covid-19 precautions in schools, the organisation said yesterday.
A spokeswoman for Us For Them Bermuda said that Diallo Rabain, the Minister of Edu...
DATE: Feb 02, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Training Bermudians in science will continue despite the departure of the Government laboratory’s director, the Cabinet Office has said.
A spokeswoman added that the coronavirus pandemic also highlighted how courses could be added at the Bermuda Coll...
DATE: Feb 02, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Another death from Covid-19 has been logged, health officials said last night.
The grim news brought the total number of coronavirus-related deaths to 117, but there were strong signs that the spike in Covid-19 cases caused by the Omicron variant was...
DATE: Feb 01, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A massive surprise thank you banner was raised yesterday for the Government’s scientific adviser on her last day on the job.
Staff at the Molecular Diagnostic and Research Laboratory in Warwick displayed the sign for Carika Weldon, who was unable to ...
DATE: Feb 01, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A doctor said yesterday his Hamilton clinic was "on standby“ to help to meet demand for CT scans after the Bermuda Hospitals Board’s machines broke down.
J J Soares, the medical director at Hamilton Medical Centre, offered assistance after the BHB sa...
DATE: Feb 01, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter