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Another 192 coronavirus cases were logged yesterday, pushing the total number of active infections to 613.
The number of patients in hospital went up to 28 – an increase of 18 since Tuesday – with five people in intensive care.
That is the highest n...
DATE: Sep 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Opposition One Bermuda Alliance has accused Government of poor planning after it closed schools at short notice.
Public school pupils were due to go back to the classroom today for the start of the new academic year.
But on Tuesday Diallo Rabain,...
DATE: Sep 09, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A team of health professionals working with the intellectually disabled has moved to new offices.
The Community Intellectual Disability Team – which provides a range of services for intellectual disability clients and their families at home – was pr...
DATE: Sep 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Government is to tighten Covid-19 safety rules in public schools – just 24 hours after it claimed that stricter regulations were not needed.
The announcement came after one public school – the Bermuda Institute – revealed tonight that it will be ...
DATE: Sep 03, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Minister of Health has acknowledged that Bermuda’s vaccination rate has reached “a soft ceiling” – but vowed the Government would continue to encourage residents to take the jab.
Kim Wilson spoke out after the department of health revealed that 6...
DATE: Sep 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Bermuda’s Covid-19 risk rating has been raised by the US Centres for Disease Control.
The country was classed as “Level 3 – high”, up from “Level 2 – moderate” in a travel advisory on the organisation’s website.
A travel advisory said that unvaccinat...
DATE: Sep 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Campaigners opposed to Covid-19 vaccination yesterday questioned claims by US drug regulators that the Pfizer vaccine was safe and deserved full approval.
The Bermuda Freedom Alliance insisted that the drug had still to undergo trials.
Eugene Dean of...
DATE: Aug 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
New public health regulations requiring patrons to have a SafeKey could be “the final nail in the coffin” for businesses struggling to survive the Covid-19 pandemic, Michael Dunkley has warned.
The Shadow Minister of National Security and Health adde...
DATE: Aug 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The number of Covid-19 cases has risen to 124 after 35 positive test results were logged last week.
The results came from 7,434 tests carried out last Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. One person is in intensive care while the remaining 123 are under p...
DATE: Aug 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Non-vaccinated travellers flying to Bermuda are almost five times more likely to test positive for Covid-19 than those who are fully vaccinated, according to statistics.
While data collated from arrivals at the L.F. Wade International Airport show th...
DATE: Aug 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan