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The Minister of Health has warned residents who plan to travel overseas not to use coronavirus tests taken on the island as a way to fulfil the pre-departure test option when they return.
Kim Wilson explained yesterday: “With the long weekend coming ...
DATE: Jul 25, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A total of four coronavirus results said to be pending since the weekend were not positive results, the Government said last night.
The Ministry of Health got 588 test results back yesterday and all were clear.
A spokeswoman said that Bermuda has had...
DATE: Jul 23, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Doctors in Bermuda and abroad have warned against anything but essential overseas trips in light of the coronavirus pandemic.
Michael Ashton, the Bermuda Hospitals Board’s Chief of Medicine, added that residents who stayed on the island could protect...
DATE: Jul 22, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
It was confirmed that seven of 11 coronavirus test results that were pending for several days were not cases of the virus, the Minister of Health said.
Kim Wilson added that the remaining four possible cases remained under investigation. The news cam...
DATE: Jul 22, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A total of 11 coronavirus test results are still “pending confirmation”, the Government said last night.
The news came as 573 test results came back to the Ministry of Health and all were clear. Bermuda has had 153 cases. Seven of them are active, bu...
DATE: Jul 21, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A scheme to help tackle chronic diseases has awarded almost $1 million in grants, the Bermuda Health Council announced today.
The Chronic Disease Innovation Programme approved nine grants that totalled $922,080 and a planning grant of $37,500 between...
DATE: Jul 17, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A woman in United States for surgery after she was flown out by air ambulance has revealed the problems faced by residents trying to get screened for the coronavirus before they returned to the island.
Ginny Masters said it was almost impossible to b...
DATE: Jul 13, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Flight crews followed government health advice after passengers on an aircraft tested positive for the coronavirus when they landed in Bermuda, an airline said yesterday.
Three arrivals on Delta Air Lines services were found to have the virus after t...
DATE: Jul 11, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Three new coronavirus cases are “a serious wake-up call” that the pandemic was still a threat, the Minister of Health warned yesterday.
Kim Wilson said that arrivals on the island must continue to limit their movements — even after two clear test res...
DATE: Jul 10, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A third air arrival from the US who flew in this week has tested positive for the coronavirus, the Government said yesterday.
The Ministry of Health added that the case, a visitor to the island, was the only positive among 220 test results that came ...
DATE: Jul 09, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter