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Vaccinated travellers flying to the UK from Bermuda will not have to undergo multiple Covid tests on arrival, from today.
Arrivals from “low risk” countries – including Bermuda – will not have to take a pre-departure test as long as they have proof t...
DATE: Oct 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The public was today asked to get back to grass roots and connect with the natural world as part of Mental Health Awareness Week.
Kim Wilson, the health minister, said mental health had become more important because of the stress of the Covid-19 pand...
DATE: Oct 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Opposition has welcomed a decision to drop a policy that forced non-vaccinated travellers to quarantine in approved centres.
But the One Bermuda Alliance asked the Government to provide details on how much the controversial policy had cost taxpay...
DATE: Oct 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The current Covid-19 crisis dominated debate during the Motion to Adjourn in the Senate yesterday.
The Opposition’s Marcus Jones began the session urging everyone to follow government safety regulations and guidelines.
He claimed that the current spi...
DATE: Sep 30, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Covid-19-related restrictions will be be able to be imposed until the end of November after MPs approved an extension to emergency legislation.
Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health, said that the only reason restrictions were needed was some people had...
DATE: Sep 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Disruptions to bus and ferry services look set to continue after transport bosses and drivers failed to reach an agreement over Covid-19-related health and safety practices.
Yesterday morning Lawrence Scott, the Minister of Transport, said that the t...
DATE: Sep 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Public sector staff face a “revolving door” of sickness and quarantine because of the Covid-19 pandemic, it was claimed yesterday.
Bus and ferry service representatives said that schedules had been devastated by mass absenteeism – with staff unable t...
DATE: Sep 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Frontline healthcare workers are being fed on the job through a free meals delivery service.
Food is being delivered to the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital’s emergency department and intensive care unit on a regular basis through Meal Train, a sch...
DATE: Sep 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
England is to ease travel restrictions for arrivals from Covid-19 low-risk countries, including Bermuda, next month.
Anyone flying to England from destinations designated as low-risk from October 4 will not have to take a pre-departure Covid-19 test ...
DATE: Sep 20, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Striking bus drivers have dismissed claims by Department of Transport chiefs that staff safety is a priority – after revealing that more than 30 operators have been struck down or affected by the Covid-19 virus.
Bus services ground to a halt late on ...
DATE: Sep 20, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan