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Significant progress on preparations for an influx of Covid-19 patients has been made at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, its chief of staff said. Michael Richmond explained that the Bermuda Hospitals Board had planned for the worst. He said on...

Soldiers and police officers have the protective equipment they need to help the island battle Covid-19. Major Preston Gill, the Royal Bermuda Regiment coronavirus response commander and planner, explained that troops were ordered to follow strict gu...

Test kits and protective equipment for essential workers are to be flown in from the UK soon, the Governor has said. John Rankin explained yesterday that specialist gear, including personal protection equipment, had been allocated to Bermuda and othe...

Another 400 Covid-19 test kits are expected to arrive on Tuesday, the Premier said yesterday. The news came after he announced two more positive tests, which took the number of Covid-19 cases to 17. Mr Burt said: “The Minister of Health has confirmed...

Bermuda’s first woman premier asked social-media users yesterday to be responsible online after a false claim that she should have been in self-quarantine as part of the battle against the coronavirus. Dame Pamela Gordon-Banks said she feared for the...

A domestic violence support agency said yesterday that demand had jumped since the island started mandatory quarantines in a bid to beat the coronavirus pandemic. Laurie Shiell, the executive director of the Centre Against Abuse, said the organisatio...

A charity chairwoman and veteran child welfare campaigner said that the scale of the Covid-19 pandemic is a stark reminder of how much work was still needed to help struggling families. Sheelagh Cooper added that a transitional living centre, expecte...

More than 1,000 people tuned in to a live DJ set as would-be clubgoers hunkered down at home for the duration of the coronavirus crisis. DJ iBreeze attracted listeners from all over the island and further afield for his “private party” on Instagram o...

Traffic was backed up across the island after police and the Royal Bermuda Regiment carried out spot checks yesterday for people in breach of Covid-19 quarantine rules. Queues of cars formed on East Broadway and Corkscrew Hill as well as at Barnes Co...

An emergency housing complex is to introduce special measures today to make sure its clients are not forced on to the streets over the Covid-19 pandemic. The Salvation Army said it had drawn up a scheme to provide round-the-clock accommodation at its...