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Public school pupils will be able to return to the classroom after taking a coronavirus antigen test at home instead of a PCR test.
Tinée Furbert, the Acting Minister of Education, said the change will be phased in from next week.
Antigen tests have ...
DATE: Jan 14, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A clinic has run out of PCR tests because of a breakdown in the supply chain.
The Northshore Medical and Aesthetics Centre said that it could still perform antigen tests but that PCR tests had been stopped until fresh test kits were available.
A spok...
DATE: Jan 14, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Almost 150 hospital staff are off work due to Covid-19 — with pressure on services mounting as the number of Omicron cases continues to surge.
The announcement came after the Bermuda Police Service announced that 48 of its 400-strong force were absen...
DATE: Jan 13, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A pig that escaped from its pen and ran free has been returned to its owner.
The heavyweight porker was filmed by several residents who posted the video footage on social media outlets this week.
A government spokeswoman confirmed yesterday that the ...
DATE: Jan 13, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Opposition One Bermuda Alliance is urging the Government not to renew public safety restrictions when they expire next week.
Michael Dunkley, the Shadow Minister of Health, also said that SafeKey and travel authorisation forms should be abolished...
DATE: Jan 13, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Footage of a pig on the loose in various locations last night proved a surprise social media hit.
The full-grown porker was filmed at a variety of locations by startled onlookers earlier yesterday, including what appeared to be St George’s.
Some of ...
DATE: Jan 12, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A bar and restaurant in a prime location has been forced to cut back its lunchtime opening hours after the coronavirus slashed customer numbers.
Bermuda Bistro at the Beach, on Front Street, Hamilton, will open from 3pm between Monday and Thursday, a...
DATE: Jan 12, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A jury yesterday watched video footage of a murder victim drinking at a bar minutes before he was shot.
At the trial of Taaj Muhammad, who has pleaded not guilty to the killing of Ronniko Burchall, the jury was shown video footage from the St David’s...
DATE: Jan 11, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Government may relax quarantine measures imposed to stem a recent surge in coronavirus infections, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
A spokeswoman for the Ministry of Health confirmed that the Government was aware that other countries had reduced qua...
DATE: Jan 10, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Government last night stayed tight-lipped on how essential services had been affected by the latest wave of coronavirus infections — despite repeated questions from The
Royal Gazette.
Officials were e-mailed a series of questions last week a...
DATE: Jan 10, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan