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The highest disaster level alert was last night introduced in Bermuda’s hospitals after an increase in Covid-19 admissions to intensive care. Michael Richmond, the president and CEO of the Bermuda Hospitals Board, said the upgrade to Disaster Level 4...

Police were out in force from last night to ensure the public sticks to new curfew restrictions. The curfew, one of several public safety restrictions announced by Government on Wednesday to stem a spike in Covid-19 cases – will come into force in th...

Bus services were yesterday cancelled after drivers took industrial action over Covid-19 fears. A transport ministry spokeswoman said the staff had “raised concerns regarding health and safety in the workplace”. The news came after Derrick Binns, the...

Campaigners and trades unions today appealed to the UK to back a drive to make coronavirus vaccine available to developing countries. A statement from the Bermuda Trade Union Congress, Social Justice Bermuda and Citizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda –...

Health chiefs tonight appealed to the public not to attend a prayer gathering at the hospital scheduled for this evening. The call came after a flyer posted on social media asked for an evening of prayer at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital from ...

The coronavirus is spreading faster in Bermuda than anywhere else in the world, statistics have shown. The New York Times put the island at the top of a global chart that listed the increase in cases over the last seven days. The newspaper said Bermu...

Government has been criticised for failing to consult with other stakeholders before introducing hikes to health insurance premiums. Increases to the standard premium rate were passed in the House of Assembly last Friday. But the Bermuda Public Servi...

David Burt, the Premier, has been accused of being “missing in action” after failing to publicly address the current Covid-19 crisis. Mr Burt last spoke publicly on coronavirus developments at a press conference at the beginning of August. Press conf...

The island recorded another death from Covid-19 last night as the number of active cases surged to a new high of 948. The death brought the death toll to 36 since the pandemic hit in March last year and the number of infections is 44 higher than the ...

A new pressure group yesterday questioned Covid public safety policies that affect schoolchildren – including an insistence on masks in classrooms. Us For Them Bermuda was set up last week to give children “a voice” and ensure that “their interests a...