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More that 40 new coronavirus cases have been recorded in the space of four days, health officials announced last night. The 42 new cases brought the number of active coronavirus infections up to 141, with five people in hospital, up from one on Frida...

The Pfizer vaccine was yesterday given full approval by US authorities. The Food and Drug Administration gave the vaccine its strongest endorsement on the grounds of the massive amount of evidence that it is safe. Janet Woodcock, the acting FDA commi...

The zoo at the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum, and Zoo has been closed to the public to protect certain animals as a result of the spike in Covid-19 cases. A government statement said some species in the zoo were vulnerable to the virus and needed to be p...

New rules requiring customers to have the SafeKey proof of Covid-19 vaccination or a negative test did not appear to have affected bars and restaurants on Front Street last night as they appeared to be enjoying brisk business. A manager in one bar an...

“...in any society, leaders who are not willing to make sacrifices aren't leaders, they're opportunists, and opportunists rarely have the common good in mind.” — Sebastian Junger, Freedom The fourth wave Around the Caribbean region, the...

Tougher regulations designed to curb the spread of Covid-19 will come into force at 6pm tomorrow, the Government announced tonight. The SafeKey system for indoor public spaces where masks can be removed will be introduced for indoor dining, bars, clu...

New Zealand made the right call to shelve a widely anticipated interest-rate increase. The central bank should resist the temptation to merely delay by a month or two. The global recovery has probably peaked and the most consequential monetary author...

Tougher public safety measures are expected to be announced today after 52 new cases of the coronavirus were announced last night. Kim Wilson, the health minister, confirmed that the Cabinet met yesterday to consider changes to the regulations “give...

About 300 residents have become immunised against Covid-19 in the last two weeks, the latest vaccination figures have revealed. The number of people who have had a second jab now stands at 64.6 per cent of the population – an increase of just 0.5 per...

George Aiken, a centrist Republican senator from Vermont in the 1960s, has long been credited with the quote that the "US should declare victory in Vietnam and leave". The Vermont senator's actual statement was more nuanced than that, but the idea of...

Unvaccinated travellers will be able to spend some of their mandatory quarantine at home instead of a hotel, it was revealed last night. David Burt, the Premier, said unvaccinated people who arrived on the island with a clear preflight PCR test would...