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Police have warned the public over fake social media reports about thieves handing out face masks with “anaesthetic properties”. A police spokesman said the message claimed people should beware of people who claimed to be “government workers” distrib...

Organisers have announced the postponement of Oktoberfest in Dockyard until at least the end of the year. Philip Barnett, president of Island Restaurant Group, said the move was forced by heightened restrictions imposed because of the Covid-19 crisis...

Flora Duffy has expressed grief and frustration over the cancellation of the 2021 World Triathlon Sprint and Relay Championship. The Olympic and World Triathlon Championship Series champion said she had been “really looking forward” to competing on h...

Another Covid-19 death was announced last night as the number of active infections increased to 1,238. The grim news meant that the death toll now stands at 38, with 51 people in hospital, 13 of them in intensive care. The island recorded another 191...

After extensive discussions with Bermuda’s health and government authorities, the Bermuda Local Organising Committee and World Triathlon have made the difficult decision that the 2021 World Triathlon Sprint and Relay Championship will not take place ...

Health officials have approved rapid do-it-yourself coronavirus antigen tests, it was revealed last night. A health ministry spokeswoman said the tests could now be imported for personal use after a review. But she added: “It is important to note tha...

The highest disaster level alert was last night introduced in Bermuda’s hospitals after an increase in Covid-19 admissions to intensive care. Michael Richmond, the president and CEO of the Bermuda Hospitals Board, said the upgrade to Disaster Level 4...

Police were out in force from last night to ensure the public sticks to new curfew restrictions. The curfew, one of several public safety restrictions announced by Government on Wednesday to stem a spike in Covid-19 cases – will come into force in th...

The leader of a crisis support service offered advice to people in quarantine who suffered domestic violence. Laurie Shiell, the Centre Against Abuse executive director, said that the need to stay at home under coronavirus rules sometimes meant exte...

Campaigners and trades unions today appealed to the UK to back a drive to make coronavirus vaccine available to developing countries. A statement from the Bermuda Trade Union Congress, Social Justice Bermuda and Citizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda –...

Almost a sixth of the population was in quarantine this week as the island battled a fourth wave of coronavirus infections. A spokeswoman for the health ministry said that around 10,000 people in quarantine included active cases and their close conta...

The coronavirus is spreading faster in Bermuda than anywhere else in the world, statistics have shown. The New York Times put the island at the top of a global chart that listed the increase in cases over the last seven days. The newspaper said Bermu...