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Dear Sir, All of us are suffocating under the burden of increasingly intense Covid-19 regulations, while not being convinced that the regulations that we are being forced to follow are actually preventing the transmitting, contracting or dying of the...

Police and health officials will join forces this weekend in a crackdown on breaches of Covid-19 regulations. A Government spokeswoman said that events with large group exemptions should expect to be visited to ensure they have stuck to the rules. Sh...

A private school is to adopt the SafeKey system for staff and visitors after a jump in Covid-19 cases, the head teacher said yesterday. Deryn Lavell, head of school at Saltus Grammar School, said in a letter to parents that the step was taken to ensu...

Dear Sir, I have had to call the Covid “hotline” several times this year with questions about testing and about problems with the travel authorisation form. On one occasion I was No 3 in line and got through in about 20 minutes. Miracles do happen! ...

Employers have been asked to be considerate to staff whose children will return to remote learning this week because of the increase in Covid-19 cases. Diallo Rabain, the Minister of Education, said: “We want parents to know that we recognise that th...

The surreal nature of international travel in the Covid era was beamed live around the world last weekend. In the opening minutes of a World Cup qualifier in São Paulo between Brazil and Argentina, play ground to a halt when public-health officials w...

A surge in test demand has put staff in the lab leading the fight against Covid-19 under increased pressure. Carika Weldon, who heads Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory in the East End, said on Twitter that staff had worked long hours – and some had al...

A surge in Covid-19 cases has forced the police to ask the public to avoid visits to stations unless “absolutely necessary”. Exceptions include victims of abuse to make reports or get assistance, and people on bail – who are still required to report ...

The first Harbour Night events since the Covid-19 pandemic hit were a “resounding success”, the organisers said today. Kendaree Burgess, the chief executive officer of the Chamber of Commerce, added the traditional Wednesday night entertainment had b...

The island’s Covid-19 death toll has risen to 35, it was announced last night. Health officials added that 225 new cases of the coronavirus had been detected among 10,984 test results that had come back since the last update – a positivity rate of 2 ...

An overflow intensive care unit is to be pressed into service as the hospital braces itself for a surge in Covid-19 cases, it emerged tonight. The King Edward VII Memorial Hospital and the Mid Atlantic Wellness Institute will also introduce visiting ...

Public schools will hold remote lessons when children go back to school on Thursday in the wake of a surge in Covid-19 cases. The ruling was made after a meeting of the Education Emergency Measures Committee (EEMC) today. Diallo Rabain, the education...