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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
Cruise ship operator Royal Caribbean International has scrapped plans to bring two of its liners to the island over the summer.
Freedom of the Seas and Enchantment of the Seas were scheduled to make 21 visits each to Bermuda from July to October....
DATE: Jun 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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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
Children aged from 12 to 15 can now be vaccinated against Covid-19, the Ministry of Health confirmed.
The announcement was made this afternoon after a similar ruling by the UK health regulator.
Kim Wilson, the health minister, said: “I encourage pare...
DATE: Jun 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Government last night appeared to be on a collision course with the Bermuda Industrial Union over workplace decertification votes.
Jason Hayward, the Minister of Labour, said he had “no intention” of amending new legislation that gave non-unionis...
DATE: Jun 04, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A legal challenge to planned controversial public safety restrictions is scheduled to be heard in the Supreme Court today.
Pressure group Constitutional Freedom Bermuda filed a summons yesterday to ask for an injunction against the Government propos...
DATE: Jun 04, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Government yesterday launched a fresh drive to help unemployed Bermudians get back to work.
Jason Hayward, the Minister of Labour, said the economic stimulus programme scheme would help Bermudians to undertake short-term job placements and get on-the...
DATE: Jun 04, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan