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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...

Five more cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed, the Premier announced yesterday. David Burt said that three arrived on British Airways flights and the other two were close contacts of people who had earlier been given positive test results — which b...

Public servants have been warned that they will not be paid if they fail to report to work during the Covid-19 crisis after the Premier expressed his disappointment at transport workers who withdrew their labour. David Burt said that minibus operator...

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...

Residents were asked to help Bermuda “write its Covid story” yesterday before the island went into its first night of curfew. David Burt, the Premier, said that everyone had a role to play in battling the coronavirus pandemic that is sweeping the wor...

Stranded students affected by the coronavirus pandemic could be returned to Bermuda by an “air bridge”, the Premier said last night. David Burt added that he felt morally obliged to look after people stuck in other countries. The Premier said that an...

The Premier warned against “panic activity” yesterday after false claims that supermarkets could be closed as part of the battle against Covid-19. David Burt recorded a message to plead with the public not to listen to rumours. He told the public: “I...

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...