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Six people were last night in intensive care in hospital as Bermuda recorded 28 new positive cases of Covid-19.
At a press conference Kim Wilson, the health minister, said the island’s active cases stood at 670, with 21 now in hospital, down from 22....
DATE: Apr 07, 2021
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Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Twenty-two people were in hospital with Covid last night - with five in intensive care, Government said.
In total Bermuda logged 69 more positive cases of coronavirus after 3,234 tests over the weekend bringing the total number of active cases to 656...
DATE: Apr 06, 2021
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Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The One Bermuda Alliance has criticised the pace of the Government’s updates on Covid-19 after a weekend of “depressing and grim” news on the pandemic.
Michael Dunkley, the Shadow Minister of Health, offered the Opposition’s sympathy to the families ...
DATE: Apr 05, 2021
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Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Senior managers at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital say they are prepared for a surge in Covid-19 cases - after 18 patients were admitted over the weekend.
And the Bermuda Hospitals Board last night urged families to “take their loved ones home for...
DATE: Apr 05, 2021
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Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A string of surgeries have been called off over the past year because of a shortage of beds at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital.
Fifty-four elective procedures had to be postponed from April 2020 through this month, some shortly before they were sch...
DATE: Apr 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A charity helping families has experienced a 50 per cent increase in calls from people who “can no longer suffer in silence”.
Sandy De Silva, the Family Centre’s executive director, echoed a recent statement by Kathy Lynn Simmons, the Attorney-Gene...
DATE: Mar 31, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Several coronavirus infections inside Westgate prison were confirmed tonight by a source at the facility.
It was also confirmed yesterday by David Burt, the Premier, who said online that the outbreak of the contagious UK variant of the virus had made...
DATE: Mar 29, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda has recorded a further 33 cases of Covid-19 today, bringing the number of active cases to 213.
But David Burt, the Premier, said that, while continued high numbers of coronavirus cases were to be expected, the return of lockdown would only co...
DATE: Mar 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A more contagious strain of the coronavirus that has spread into the island’s schools came as a result of the “poor behaviour of adults”, MPs heard this morning.
Diallo Rabain, the education minister, addressed the House of Assembly on moves taken o...
DATE: Mar 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Two new test centres for the coronavirus have been added by the Ministry of Health for next week.
The pop-up locations are at the Transport Control Department in Pembroke and the Horseshoe Bay Beach car park in Southampton.
TCD can be used at the out...
DATE: Mar 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell