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The Covid-19 vaccine has hit resistance among the young and Black people more sceptical about its benefits than the white population, a survey has revealed. Survey respondents aged 18 to 34 highlighted reasons that ranged from distrust to not feeling...

The Government’s Covid-19 economic recovery plan has stalled due to an “all-out effort” to contain the recent surge in coronavirus cases, the Premier revealed yesterday. David Burt told The Royal Gazette: “I will be completely honest: for the last mo...

Travellers, including Bermudians, who arrive on the island without proof of vaccination against the coronavirus will be under a requirement to quarantine “until there is no longer a global pandemic”, the Premier said yesterday. David Burt was speakin...

Reaching herd immunity against the coronavirus in a month’s time could prove elusive, but the island’s ultimate goal is to eliminate local transmission of the virus, the Premier said yesterday. David Burt said the target was for 70 per cent of the po...

The Government made “significant investments” to allow civil servants to work from home, the Premier said yesterday. However no decision has yet been made about keeping Government employees at home to work as a cost-cutting measure. In a wide-ranging...

Restaurant owners warned yesterday the pandemic-hit industry is now “hanging by a thread”. Now members of the trade have banded together in a bid to stave off the threat of closures. The move came in the wake of an indoors dining ban until June 24 ...

Thousands of people had signed a petition by last night to ask the Government not to impose travel restrictions on unvaccinated residents. But David Burt, the Premier, insisted the country would stay on course to keep the island safe from the coronav...

The Covid-19 vaccination drive has been given a booster shot of $25,000 from a hotel owners’ group. Stephen Todd, the chief executive of the Bermuda Hotel Association, said that the sooner “herd immunity” could be reached, the sooner the island’s ho...

A Westgate inmate has spent almost a month on lockdown because of a row over Covid-19 tests, his family has claimed. His mother said the prisoner, who is asthmatic with narrow nasal passages, had reacted badly to the PCR test for the coronavirus a ye...

The ability to detect breast cancer has been boosted with new hi-tech 3D unit and what could be the island’s first automated breast ultrasound unit. The machines will be installed at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital this month. A hospital spokes...