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The number of police officers unable to work because of Covid-19 has fallen from 48 to 16 over the last two weeks. Chief Inspector Alex Rollin, of the community policing division said: “These numbers have had no impact on our frontline policing or ca...

Police overtime costs increased by almost $345,000 this financial year compared to 2019-20. Figures showed that the overtime budget in 2021-22 hit $3.28m – up from the $2.94m recorded for the last financial year before the coronavirus hit. Acting Co...

A high rate of coronavirus infections among primary school pupils has sparked a warning that school closures were “imminent” and classroom closures “likely” as tougher Phase 1 Covid-19 regulations were implemented. Education officials said the increa...

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 ...

A rethink of Bermuda’s pandemic precautions is to be announced in the House of Assembly early next month, the Premier revealed yesterday. David Burt said in an interview with TNN that the changes, to be announced on February 4, would come into force...

Berkeley Institute and CedarBridge Academy pupils will return to their classrooms on Monday, the Ministry of Education confirmed yesterday. The news that the schools would open their doors to pupils on Monday came two weeks after the start of the ne...

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...

An emergency bus schedule has been extended until next week, the Department of Public Transportation announced today. A spokeswoman said that bus routes would continue to operate on and expanded Sunday schedule because of staff shortages. She added t...

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...

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 ...

Boris Johnson rode into power on a wave of populism akin to the tide that propelled Donald Trump in the United States. Trump once dubbed Johnson “Britain Trump”, and the Prime Minister, like the former president, emerged immune from each scandal, gaf...

Covid-19 restrictions for schoolchildren were branded as excessive and heavy-handed yesterday. Parents of public and private school pupils said that classroom quarantines, masks in schools and the ten-day test rule after travel should all be relaxed....