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The number of active Covid-19 cases has dropped slightly, according to latest figures released last night. A total of 334 positive results were returned from 8,589 tests, giving a positivity rate of four per cent. The tests were taken in the seven da...

The Ministry of Health was unable to issue its weekly Covid-19 update tonight because of a technical glitch. A spokeswoman said that the department’s epidemiology and surveillance unit database was offline owing to technical difficulties. The spokes...

The Government is under renewed pressure to relax Covid-19 regulations for travellers, after the US dropped the need for testing. From yesterday, travellers entering the US do not have to provide proof of a negative test, although foreigners still ha...

Health chiefs have advised the public that construction work will start near the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital’s Berry Hill car park from tomorrow. The Bermuda Hospitals Board is installing five temporary chillers close to the hospital’s general ...

About 50 demonstrators marched on the Cabinet building yesterday to protest what they claim is discrimination by health officials. Patients of the Hamilton Medical Centre say that a decision by the Bermuda Health Council to deny the clinic the right ...

Paediatric doses of the Covid-19 vaccine will not be available after today, according to the health department. Current stocks of the vaccine — which has been available to children from the age of 5 since February — will expire at the end of this mo...

Charitable rest homes hit by the Covid-19 pandemic have received a welcome cash injection totalling $200,000. The donation to four rest homes was made by the Lady Cubitt Compassionate Association, and will be used to buy medical equipment and person...

Another person has died from Covid-19 in the past week, bringing the total number of fatalities from the virus to 138. In a statement, Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health, last night extended her condolences to the family and friends of the deceased, ...

The island has recorded two more Covid-related deaths, bringing the number of fatalities from the virus to 137. There were also 307 new cases recorded from 9,183 tests carried out in the past week, giving a positivity rate of 3.3 per cent. There have...

Care for the mentally ill has been described as “dire” and “a disgrace“ by the mothers of two men who are struggling to find permanent homes. The mothers, who have asked not to be named, said government agencies repeatedly failed to find solutions, ...