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The island will start admitting unvaccinated travellers from Monday, health officials said
DATE: Aug 18, 2022
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Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The island’s known cases of Covid-19 have risen to 238, with 200 people found positive for the virus out of the latest 3,973 test results.
The figures yield an overall test positivity of 5 per cent.
Health officials said six people were being treated...
DATE: Aug 10, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Four more deaths linked to Covid-19 have brought the island’s total fatalities during the pandemic to 148, health officials revealed last night.
But confirmed active cases of the virus have dropped to 196, with eight people in hospital for the illnes...
DATE: Aug 04, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The island’s top health official foresees a surge of Covid-19 in the wake of the Cup Match weekend that brought spectators and revellers together in their thousands.
Ayo Oyinloye, the chief medical officer, told The Royal Gazette “the past is an indi...
DATE: Aug 01, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A Bermuda resident who became the island’s first confirmed case of monkeypox is not in hospital and is now recovering from the disease, according to the chief medical officer.
It remains unknown if the virus, which is spread by close personal contact...
DATE: Aug 01, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A tourism health and safety programme that went on hold during the Covid-19 pandemic has been restarted.
Officials from the Caribbean Public Health Agency helped 80 people in tourism and transportation related work to get trained over the course of t...
DATE: Aug 01, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda’s first confirmed case of monkeypox was revealed last night by health officials, with an unidentified patient said to be in isolation.
The Ministry of Health is investigating potential close contacts and will notify anyone who may have been e...
DATE: Jul 22, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The island’s confirmed active cases of Covid-19 have tumbled to 251, health officials revealed last night – with three people in hospital but no one in intensive care.
Active cases of the virus, which have hovered below 400 for the past few weeks, st...
DATE: Jun 23, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Mid-Atlantic Wellness Institute could close within ten years as services are moved into the community, according to a new long-term plan for the centre published yesterday.
The Bermuda Hospitals Board has published a five-year strategy for Mid-At...
DATE: Jun 22, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Government was urged today by the Opposition to follow the example of a tourism competitor after the Bahamas announced this week that it was scrapping its Covid-19 Travel Health Visa.
Michael Dunkley, the Shadow Health Minister, highlighted the a...
DATE: Jun 17, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell