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A plea for the public to give a Christmas gift of protection to others and get vaccinated was made by the Chief Medical Officer yesterday. Ayo Oyinloye warned that the Covid-19 pandemic was not over and that the virus flourished with human contact. H...

The island’s Chief Medical Officer has faced bizarre allegations he was paid by American billionaires to promote vaccination, he said yesterday. Ayo Oyinloye added that – “laughably” – he was most recently linked to Jeff Bezos, the founder of online ...

A doctor today claimed it was “a possibility” that politics was behind the Bermuda Health Council’s refusal to give him Standard Health Benefit status. JJ Soares also said he worried that the island was moving towards a system where the Government is...

Patients will be the main focus of a new universal health coverage plan, the Minister of Health said on Friday. Kim Wilson told the House of Assembly that a three-year plan would begin with a “foundational” layer to include projects highlighted in th...

Hospital patients will be allowed to have some visitors from tomorrow after a fall in the number of coronavirus cases. An easing of restrictions will follow the “long and brutal” surge of Covid-19 patients linked to the Delta variant of the virus. A ...

A teacher said he hoped to research how the island’s history, culture and geography affected how teenagers looked for help with mental health problems. Daniel Cavanagh, a PhD student, added he had started a literature review to establish the need for...

A woman who recently returned from Europe said that Government advice on how to use vaccination codes overseas is impractical. Claire Smith visited France and the Netherlands where she found that the QR code on her vaccination certificate could not b...

Staff and parents at a primary school were alerted yesterday to a potential exposure to the coronavirus. A letter from the office of the Chief Medical Officer revealed there was a possible risk at West Pembroke Primary School. It said that the Minist...

A code that shows someone has been vaccinated against the coronavirus can be used overseas, a Government spokeswoman said yesterday. She added that the technology provided a “safe and secure” way to confirm that someone has had the jabs. The spokeswo...

A child mental health specialist said that being in nature was especially important for families working or teaching from home because of the coronavirus pandemic. Gwendolyn Creary highlighted that a shift to online classes and meetings could leave p...