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Residents were reminded by the police today that curfew hours are between 7pm and 7am as the island faces an additional two weeks of shelter in place measures.
Assistant Commissioner of Police Martin Weekes said the start time for the overnight restr...
DATE: Apr 15, 2020
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Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A worst-case scenario of 700 Covid-19 deaths on the island would frighten the public, the chairwoman of the Bermuda Diabetes Association said.
Debbie Jones said that the figure revealed by David Burt, the Premier, last Wednesday would “probably ... s...
DATE: Apr 13, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The “first portion” of supplies to perform 40,000 Covid-19 tests have arrived in Bermuda, the Premier confirmed.
David Burt added that stocks already on the island were sufficient to keep up with the existing need. His comments came at the same time ...
DATE: Apr 13, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
More than $500,000 has been donated to an emergency fund to help the island’s most vulnerable people as charities battle to meet hardships caused by the Covid-19 crisis.
About 80 donors have contributed to the Bermuda Community Fund-administered rese...
DATE: Apr 09, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A festive favourite enjoyed across the island at Christmas with or without a tot of rum is on the shelves early in a bid to boost morale in the Covid-19 crisis.
Families will be able to enjoy eggnog over Easter after a Bermuda business vowed to start...
DATE: Apr 08, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A fast-food chain has claimed permission to run an online grocery service was pulled two days after it was given government approval for the move.
Buzz said yesterday that it learnt through social-media posts that the grocery business would not be al...
DATE: Apr 07, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Social-media messages should be included in official documents as the island battles the Covid-19 crisis, the Information Commissioner said yesterday.
Gitanjali Gutierrez asked government officials to make sure that proper records were kept as peopl...
DATE: Apr 07, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The Government was asked today to make personal protective equipment available to all healthcare and other at-risk workers as the Bermuda Public Services Union marked World Health Day.
Linda Bogle Mienzer, the BPSU second vice-president, said that th...
DATE: Apr 07, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Debt collectors should show compassion as the public struggled to cope with financial problems caused by the coronavirus crisis, the Government has said.
The sector was asked to think about responsible ways to work deal with people in difficulties.
A...
DATE: Apr 06, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Parents and guardians were asked to keep talking to children to limit the risk of child sex abuse over the shelter-in-place lockdown.
Saving Children and Revealing Secrets warned it feared that isolation procedures created an environment where attack...
DATE: Apr 06, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter