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An activist stonewalled in her fundraising and searches for employment now faces no choice but to leave Bermuda and wrap up the charity she founded to fight for the disabled.
LaKeisha Wolffe’s last act for the Disability Centre of Bermuda is to appea...
DATE: Oct 04, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The death toll from Covid-19 climbed to 75 last night after three more coronavirus-related deaths were announced.
There were 92 new positive cases found in 4,158 test results that came back to health officials – a positivity rate of 2.2 per cent.
Ac...
DATE: Oct 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Premier criticised “negligence” in the fight against Covid-19 and last night highlighted a case where some people had got the vaccine but left an elderly relative unprotected.
David Burt said: “Those persons have gotten their vaccine, but their p...
DATE: Oct 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A return to lockdown would only “kick the can down the road” in the battle against Covid-19, the Chief Medical Officer warned last night.
Ayo Oyinloye admitted there was evidence from the third wave of coronavirus infections in the spring that “if we...
DATE: Oct 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Ten more people have died from Covid-19, the health minister announced last night, bringing the island’s death toll to 72.
It brings the number of deaths this month alone to 38.
Kim Wilson gave “heartfelt condolences” as she revealed a further 99 peo...
DATE: Sep 30, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Recent deaths from Covid-19 have overwhelmed the hospital’s morgue, requiring refrigerated overflow containers to be brought in.
R Scott Pearman, the deputy chief executive officer for Bermuda Hospitals Board, said there was a heightened need for co-...
DATE: Sep 30, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
More than half Bermuda’s doctors have lined up behind an appeal by their professional body for people to get vaccinated against Covid-19.
The show of strength came as 102 of the 183 registered doctors on the island backed an open letter to the public...
DATE: Sep 29, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Doctors are launching a campaign to promote coronavirus vaccination, it was revealed at the weekend.
The news came as the Bermuda Medical Doctors Association warned that healthcare staff were “exhausted” by the battle against a Covid-19 fourth wave a...
DATE: Sep 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A TV debate involving medics for and against the Covid-19 vaccine should be held, the Deputy Speaker of the House has said.
Derrick Burgess added: “I really would like to hear from a panel of doctors supporting the shot, and hear about other forms o...
DATE: Sep 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Another seven people have died of Covid-19, it was announced last night.
The grim news pushed the number of pandemic fatalities up to 52 and there were 182 new cases.
There are 1,612 active coronavirus cases, with 65 people in hospital, 14 of them in...
DATE: Sep 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell