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A leading lab in the island’s battle against Covid-19 marked its one-year anniversary today.
A spokesman for the Bermuda Government Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory said its first year had been “a roller coaster”.
Its director, Carika Weldon, arrived ...
DATE: Apr 19, 2021
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Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Faith Burgess-Clarke 1929-2021
Bermuda’s first chiropractor who “broke barriers” as a Black woman in the field has died at 92.
Faith Burgess-Clarke also served in the Adult Education Society and the Professional Women’s Club.
Deeply religious an...
DATE: Apr 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Premier, David Burt, last night refused to state who signed off on an order enabling work to continue at the St Regis hotel during the stay-at-home order.
The exemption, approved by the Ministry of National Security after the stay-at-home order c...
DATE: Apr 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A special exemption for the construction of a St George’s resort to continue during lockdown has been scrapped after two days, the developers said last night.
Construction bosses had queried why work at the St Regis was being allowed to carry on when...
DATE: Apr 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda’s vaccination drive will ramp up beginning this weekend when vaccination centres at the hospital and at Bermuda College start administering the jab on Sundays and in the evenings.
Kim Wilson, the health minister, also appealed for all of the ...
DATE: Apr 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Home caregivers have been advised on getting temporary exemption from stay-at-home orders during the latest round of public health restrictions.
The Bermuda Health Council said registered home care providers should carry a copy of their official regi...
DATE: Apr 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A 34-year-old woman who lost her battle with cancer had planned to surprise a survivor by honouring her in an annual charity cause.
It would have been the third time that Kevina Santucci, a mother of one, would have shaved her head in support of chil...
DATE: Apr 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Police today defended officers depicted arresting a man in a video widely circulated on social media after officers responded to reports of a Covid-19 breach.
A police spokesman said roughly 30 people had been found indoors at the premises, in Pembro...
DATE: Apr 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The island has set a new daily record for positive cases of the coronavirus, with 116 cases found out of 1,634 tests.
The latest result yields a 7.1 per cent positivity rate for the virus.
The surge means there have been 370 new cases in just five da...
DATE: Apr 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda now has 753 people under public health monitoring for Covid-19, with 26 people in hospital for the illness – six in intensive care.
There were 71 new cases of coronavirus recorded yesterday out of the 1,587 latest test results, giving a posit...
DATE: Apr 09, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell