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The country must come together “like never before” as Bermuda braces itself for the battle against a new and killer strain of coronavirus, the health minister said yesterday. Kim Wilson said the kind of co-operation shown in hurricanes was needed and...

Authorities around the world are scrambling to cope with a new virus generally referred to as coronavirus, or Covid-19, which has had a worldwide impact to devastating effect on economic and social life. With no known cure, along with the knowledge ...

The coronavirus is taking the world by storm, affecting global trade and travel. Bermuda is highly dependent on the cruise industry and airline flights, the two areas of global industry that are affected the most. It is unlikely these two industries...

Five more people have been tested for a potential killer strain of coronavirus, the Ministry of Health revealed yesterday. A ministry spokeswoman added that 22 people were “self-monitoring with public health supervision” as a precaution against Covid...

Bermuda will extra supplies of hand santitiser to help the fight against a new potential killer strain of coronavirus by next week, the Premier promised yesterday. David Burt said: “We recognise this could be an existential threat to our tourism indu...

Travellers who arrived in Bermuda on the same flight as a sick passenger who was later tested for the coronavirus got no health advice after landing, it was claimed yesterday. The man coughed and sneezed during the American Airlines flight from Miami...

Private schools are assessing spring holiday travel risks from a potential killer strain of coronavirus. Somersfield Academy said in a letter sent to parents that it was “closely monitoring the current Covid-19 situation carefully”. The school added...

As a hand sanitiser shortage sweeps the island due to Covid-19 fears, a promise by Government to source the product has puzzled at least one distributor. “I don’t know where the Government is going to get it from,” said the distributor, who did not ...

International companies in Bermuda are continuing to scale back business travel for employees in the wake of the global coronavirus outbreak, The Royal Gazette understands. Some companies have axed overseas trips for staff until further notice, while...

Quarantine centres are under consideration as the country prepares itself for a worst-case scenario over the potential killer Covid-19 virus, it was revealed yesterday. Cheryl Peek-Ball, the Chief Medical Officer, said there were “conceivable situati...

Extra supplies of hand sanitiser are to be imported and handed out free of charge, the Government said last night. The move came as the island braced itself for the possible arrival of the potential killer coronavirus strain Covid-19. Kim Wilson, the...

I extended my hand to the woman with whom I’d been chatting for the past few minutes. “I’m Virginia,” I said. To my surprise, she responded not with a handshake, but with a closed fist. A white woman of a certain age, she was incongruously going for ...