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A message circulating on social media warning that a new variant of the Covid-19 virus is far more dangerous than previous variants has been branded false by health chiefs. The message, which claims to be from the Ministry of Health, states that the ...

Covid-19 regulations began to relax in August as the pandemic’s spread began to slow down in Bermuda. Unvaccinated travellers, who were originally denied entry to the island, were finally allowed to visit starting August 22. The four-day quarantine a...

More than 20 months after it first hit Bermuda’s shores, Covid-19 continued to disrupt life on the island when an outbreak and US testing requirements culminated in “chaos“ for travellers. A source said they saw between 50 and 100 people who needed a...

One new death linked to Covid-19 was recorded by health officials yesterday, bringing the island’s total confirmed fatalities of the pandemic to 153. The figures were posted on the Government’s Covid-19 “dashboard” online. It showed 39 active cases o...

A “highly infectious” Covid-19 variant is among two new strains now detected in Bermuda by health officials. The BF.7 Omicron variant, said to be three times as contagious as previous versions of the coronavirus, is present along with another strain ...

King Edward VII Memorial Hospital is bracing itself for an expected surge of respiratory illnesses as flu season approaches its peak period. Wesley Miller, Chief of Staff at the hospital, said the Bermuda’s Hospitals Board had seen an increase in res...

Covid-19 cases are increasing with several island nursing homes affected by an outbreak of the virus, the health minister said yesterday. At a press conference, Kim Wilson said: “Unfortunately Covid is still out there in our community. There is an in...

The opposition One Bermuda Alliance will keep pushing to have a Government contract for a Covid-19 test booking system tabled in the House of Assembly. Michael Dunkley, the Shadow Minister of Health, said that he had been asking for details about the...

Bermuda’s economy is “much worse” because of the Covid-19 pandemic, with nearly half of residents expecting a continuing decline into next year, according to a new survey. The grim assessment was held by 74 per cent of residents, with 47 per cent say...

A story headlined “ResQwest has penalty fee for early contract termination” on the royalgazette.com and “ResQwest paid penalty fee” in the print edition yesterday incorrectly stated that Government had paid a penalty fee to the company after cancelli...

From quality of life to the economy and housing, Covid-19 caused chaos and anxiety throughout Bermuda – a new survey explores the top seven casualties of the long pandemic. • Health and personal wellbeing: Covid-19 inflicted stress and took a to...

Vehicle sales in Bermuda were down by more than 20 per cent in August year over year, but it’s not a shortage of buyers that is the issue — it’s a shortage of cars. The August Retail Sales Index report revealed that motor vehicle stores sales volume ...