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While most of us are safe at home during the Covid-19 pandemic, essential workers put their lives at risk to keep Bermuda going.
The Royal Gazette salutes these selfless men and women in hospitals, supermarkets, delivery vans, gas stations and other ...
DATE: Apr 23, 2020
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Fears about meat for sale in Bermuda that was processed in factories whose workforces have been hit by Covid-19 have been quashed by health officials.
The outbreak of the disease has forced meatpacking factories in several US states to close, includi...
DATE: Apr 22, 2020
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A passenger on a dream cruise that turned into a Covid-19 nightmare who returned to Bermuda has contracted the disease, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
The 78-year-old man was admitted to the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital last Thursday, the day aft...
DATE: Apr 14, 2020
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Bermudians marooned on a dream cruise, which turned into a nightmare after a Covid-19 outbreak, are back on home soil.
Twenty-two people, whose ship was denied entry to ports in the southern hemisphere, returned on two private jets and said they were...
DATE: Apr 11, 2020
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Bermudians in quarantine on a cruise ship denied entry to a series of ports in the southern hemisphere because of the Covid-19 pandemic remain hopeful of returning home by the “end of the week”.
There are 22 Bermudians on board the Coral Princess, w...
DATE: Apr 08, 2020
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Bermudians marooned on a cruise ship denied entry to a series of ports in the southern hemisphere because of the Covid-19 pandemic are confined to their cabins after some passengers showed “flu-like symptoms”, it was revealed yesterday,
There are 22 ...
DATE: Apr 02, 2020
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A senior said yesterday he is on high alert in a day-to-day battle to avoid Covid-19 infection.
David DeSilva, 72, added he had a serious medical condition as well as in the age group most vulnerable to the coronavirus.
Mr DeSilva, who owns the phot...
DATE: Mar 31, 2020
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A big-hearted trucker has donated his services free to help pick up trash after government garbage collectors took industrial action earlier this week.
Paul Wilmot said he had already decided to pitch in without payment before the public works minist...
DATE: Mar 28, 2020
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A Bermudian in Spain has played his part in a heart-warming show of solidarity by residents in the city of Valencia with emergency service workers in the front line of the battle against Covid-19
Mikal Simmons, a footballer with a Spanish team, said ...
DATE: Mar 27, 2020
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More than 20 Bermudians are marooned on a cruise ship denied entry to a series of ports in the Southern Hemisphere because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The group is on board the Bermudian-registered cruise ship, Coral Princess, which was on a cruise fro...
DATE: Mar 26, 2020
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