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A pressure group is calling on the Ministry of Health to backtrack on what it considers to be excessive and unfair Covid-19 regulations being enforced on children.
The Government reintroduced Phase 1 Covid-19 regulations this week meaning childr...
DATE: Jan 27, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A heart specialist yesterday claimed people needed to question their doctor and get a second opinion if they have concerns about a medical diagnosis
Christopher Irobunda of the New York Presbyterian Hospital, said people had to be confident when dea...
DATE: Jan 26, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The death toll from the coronavirus rose to 114 last night after health officials announced two more deaths.
There are now 16 infected people in hospital, with three of them in intensive care.
The latest test figures showed 496 new infections out of ...
DATE: Jan 25, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Children have been sent to school without parents waiting for clear coronavirus test results and some have later been found to be infected, health officials said last night.
Kim Wilson, the health minister, warned parents that children should not ret...
DATE: Jan 25, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
More than 2,860 people have signed a petition urging the Government to scrap the Covid-19 SafeKey requirement.
The petition, posted on the change.org platform, claims that the regulation is having a damaging effect on the economy.
Under current C...
DATE: Jan 22, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Emergency services staffing levels have started to recover after quarantine rules were relaxed, it was revealed yesterday.
A spokesman for the Fire Service Association said that a loosening off of Covid-19 regulations that allowed close contacts of a...
DATE: Jan 22, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The island’s main coronavirus testing laboratory has caught up on a backlog of tests, the director said today.
Carika Weldon, in charge of the Molecular Diagnostic and Research Laboratory, said “This is the final update.
“As of 5.30pm on Jan 21, we a...
DATE: Jan 21, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Two deaths from Covid-19 were reported last night – which pushed the death toll from the coronavirus up to 112.
Officials added that there were 14 patients in hospital – two of them in intensive care.
The last deaths attributed to the coronavirus wer...
DATE: Jan 21, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Covid-19 curfew restrictions ended today at 5am, the Ministry of Health said last night.
But other rules designed to limit the spread of the coronavirus will remain in force for two more weeks from Friday.
They include keeping maximum group sizes to ...
DATE: Jan 20, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A major US health watchdog has advised travellers not to travel to Bermuda because of Covid-19 dangers.
The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention moved Bermuda up a tier yesterday from Level 3 – high risk – to the top Level 4, classed as very h...
DATE: Jan 20, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan