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The Delta variant - also known as the Indian variant - of the coronavirus may have been identified on the island.
The variant, considered to be more virulent than other forms of Covid-19 and currently driving an upsurge in cases in the UK and elsewh...
DATE: Jun 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Government has insisted that demand for the Pfizer vaccine was still high and that the island would have enough supplies to reach herd immunity.
The Royal Gazette sent a series of questions to Government’s department of communication earlier this...
DATE: Jun 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
An appeal for student volunteers to join the front line in the war on the Covid-19 virus was today issued by the Government.
A Government spokeswoman said successful applicants would spend two weeks working with experienced staff members at The Molec...
DATE: Jun 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Government today came under fire for its decision to push ahead with mandatory quarantine for unvaccinated arrivals to the island – despite softening its position on the regulation.
The Government announced last month that anyone who landed in Bermud...
DATE: Jun 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A couple have donated $2,500 to the Bermuda Hospitals Board to show their appreciation for nursing staff.
Richard and Rebecca Wilson made the donation during Nurses Appreciation Month last month, saying they were grateful for the sacrifices health wo...
DATE: Jun 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Bermuda’s stockpile of the Covid-19 vaccine has all but run out – with no plan in place to replenish supplies.
Government last night did not respond to questions about how many first doses of the Pfizer vaccine had been administered through yesterday...
DATE: Jun 09, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Bermuda’s Covid-19 risk rating was today downgraded by the US Centres for Disease Control.
Bermuda is now classed as “Level 2 – moderate”, down from “Level 4 – very high” in a travel advisory on the organisation’s website.
The CDC raised Bermuda’s ra...
DATE: Jun 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
People who have not been vaccinated against Covid-19 have until today to get their first jab from the remaining stockpiles of the drug.
Supplies of the Pfizer vaccine will pass their use-by date at the end of the month.
With a three-week interval nee...
DATE: Jun 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A series of TV programmes promises to question conventional views of the Covid-19 pandemic and offer alternative ways to tackle the coronavirus.
Beyond the Pandemic features interviews with nine doctors and health professionals who will argue th...
DATE: Jun 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A Supreme Court bid for a temporary block on the introduction of a controversial Covid-19 regulation to force non-vaccinated residents who returned from overseas to pay for quarantine in a hotel was rejected yesterday.
Chief Justice Narinder Hargun s...
DATE: Jun 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan