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Police and sniffer dogs yesterday continued the search for a missing senior today. Teams of officers scoured sections of the Railway Trail in Paget as part of the hunt for Robert Douglas. The 72-year-old was last seen in person near his home in My Lo...

Teams from the Bermuda Hospitals Board and the Department of Health joined forces to spot possible risks of Covid-19 exposure in BHB staff who also worked at a care home that suffered an outbreak of the disease. A BHB spokeswoman said that staff were...

Public health officials tackled problems with Covid-19 testing materials by making their own, it was revealed yesterday. A spokeswoman for the Ministry of Health said that staff at Government laboratories produced a viral transport medium — a way to ...

Expertise and supplies from the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences are helping the island to battle Covid-19. Rachel Parsons Biggs, a BIOS microbiologist, was seconded to Helix Bermuda, the forensics and clinical testing company where testing for th...

The desperate family of a senior who went missing four weeks ago today are increasingly worried about his safety. Mervyn Grant, the brother-in-law of Robert Douglas, 71, said: “We’re hanging in there as best we can.” He explained: “In the early stage...

More than $1 million has been pledged to an emergency fund set up to help people get through the Covid-19 crisis, it was revealed yesterday. The appeal was launched to help support charities and their work to provide essential services to people in n...

Cup Match this year is at the mercy of the coronavirus — but people’s health must come first, the president of Somerset Cricket Club said yesterday. Vashun Blanchette, whose club is scheduled to host the Annual Classic, insisted the welfare of people...

Child protection staff workers have had 18 new referrals in the past 3½ weeks, the Minister of Legal Affairs revealed yesterday. Kathy Lynn Simmons said the complaints had all been made to the Department of Child and Family Services since March 24. S...

Rules for care and nursing homes were changed yesterday to help prevent the spread of diseases. The amendments came into force after an outbreak of Covid-19 at the Matilda Smith Williams Seniors Residence. A staff member at another home, which remain...

Police asked residents today to keep looking out for a senior who has been missing for more than three weeks. Robert Douglas, 71, was last seen near his home on My Lord’s Bay Lane in Hamilton Parish on March 24. A BPS spokesman said: “With the shelte...