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Another seven people have died of Covid-19, it was announced last night. The grim news pushed the number of pandemic fatalities up to 52 and there were 182 new cases. There are 1,612 active coronavirus cases, with 65 people in hospital, 14 of them in...

Unvaccinated travellers can quarantine at home for 14 days, starting from Sunday, the health minister said yesterday. Kim Wilson told MPs that people who arrive on the island without immunisation will wear electronic monitoring devices and red wristb...

The Government has a “back-up plan” for members of the public left stranded by a public transport strike, the transport minister revealed last night. Lawrence Scott said the Government would go back to negotiations with the Bermuda Industrial Union t...

Doctors yesterday joined forces in an impassioned plea to the public to get vaccinated. The Bermuda Medical Doctors’ Association said their “hearts were breaking” at the human cost of the pandemic. The BMDA told the public in an open letter: “You tr...

In politics, what goes unsaid often reveals the true narrative. It has been observed before: silence speaks volumes. When Parliament returned from the short August break, the House of Assembly was demonstrably silent. The Progressive Labour Party has...

“Men lie, women lie, numbers do not lie” — Jay Z Condolences to all we have lost over the past few weeks and months. Unfortunately, Bermuda is not alone in the present health crisis. So much trouble Around the region, there are multiple ...

A bar owner who caught Covid-19 said yesterday the infection would have been worse if he had not been vaccinated. Reed Young said he had a mild case and did not appear to have infected his 16-year-old daughter or anyone else. Mr Young, the owner of D...

The fire service can handle major emergencies despite staff shortages, the national security minister said yesterday. Renée Ming praised firefighters and said that Bermuda Fire & Rescue Service’s departments were fully operational, although fire prev...

50 Pharmacies could have do-it-yourself coronavirus antigen tests for sale by next week. The kits will allow residents to screen for the bug at home with results ready in as little as 20 minutes. Tamara Richardson, the vice-president for sales and op...

The Covid-19 death toll has risen by two to 45, it was revealed last night. There are 58 people in hospital, up four on Monday’s update, with 14 people, an increase of two, in intensive care. The news came as 168 new coronavirus cases were detected a...

The pandemic crisis is catalysing deep and lasting changes for us all. At the centre of this are our healthcare services, which won’t go back to how they were when the pandemic does finally settle. Some of these changes are already clear, others less...