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A dentist fears plans to involve dental health practitioners in coronavirus antigen tests for travellers could undermine safety standards in surgeries. Ronda James, a former head of the Bermuda Dental Board, said the Bermuda Health Council had failed...

Small adjustments and better co-ordination in the healthcare system could help save lives, the Bermuda Health Council said yesterday. A BHeC spokesman said that the health service had excellent providers, sufficient equipment and adequate funding for...

An order to extend public health emergency regulations has been published in the Government’s Official Gazette. The Public Health (Covid-19) Emergency Order was passed in the House of Assembly on December 10, 2021. A Government spokeswoman said: “Sim...

Active cases of Covid-19 have continued to climb, up to 1,953 from the 1,882 announced five days ago. There are now 13 people in hospital with the coronavirus, two of them in intensive care, as well as a new record for active infections. There were t...

A “systemic breakdown” in the healthcare system that allowed some people to slip through the cracks has to be tackled, activists said yesterday. Friends of Milton Ming – a Bermudian chef who died days after he was flown overseas for treatment – s...

Travellers en route to the US will be able to get coronavirus tests at doctors’ and dental surgeries, it was revealed today. The Bermuda Health Council said options for people to obtain fit-to-fly certificates would be expanded after an “unprecedente...

Children aged 12 and up are now eligible for booster shots against Covid-19, the Government announced last night. Kim Wilson, the health minister, revealed the booster jab could go to children who received their second dose of the vaccine six month a...

A major crowdfunding website has rejected a bid by campaigners opposed to the Government’s Covid-19 vaccination programme to use it to raise cash. The Bermuda Freedom Alliance linked up with the GoFundMe platform last year to raise cash to record int...

Close contacts of people who test positive for the coronavirus no longer need to quarantine as long as they have been fully vaccinated within six months and are showing no symptoms, the Government said last night. The change, announced last week, was...

A petition backing the Government’s science adviser attracted hundreds of new signatures over the weekend in the wake of her resignation. More than 8,000 people had shown their support for Carika Weldon on Change.org by yesterday afternoon. The petit...