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Bermuda Hospitals Board is to begin restricted visits tomorrow at its acute care units because of the rising numbers of Covid-19 cases in the community.
The restrictions were last in place in June, because of the pandemic.
Norma Smith, vice president...
DATE: Dec 09, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A Bermuda College student has tested positive for the coronavirus, it was announced last night.
Classes for the semester ended last week, and final examinations are being carried out remotely, but the college decided to close campus yesterday, except...
DATE: Dec 09, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Public schools are to close their classrooms and move to remote learning for the rest of the term as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, it was revealed yesterday.
The announcement came after 24 more cases of the coronavirus were recorded – which brou...
DATE: Dec 09, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A case of the Covid-19 illness has been found in a student attending the senior department at Saltus.
The school advised that all senior students from year ten through Saltus Graduate Year two would be sent home for contact tracing and other health p...
DATE: Dec 07, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Under the emergency regulations for Covid-19, residents are required to wear a mask protecting the nose and mouth in situations where they cannot maintain social distancing of 6ft.
Wear a mask so it comes close to the bridge of the nose, and all the ...
DATE: Dec 05, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A Covid-19 patient was today in critical care, the health minister told the House of Assembly.
Kim Wilson said one other victim of the disease was also in hospital, but in a general ward.
The grim news came as Bermuda reached a total of 278 confirme...
DATE: Dec 04, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Technology played a key role in Bermuda’s fight against Covid-19, with the island rolling out five separate apps.
David Burt, the Premier, said in the House of Assembly that the first, the HealthIQ app, remained in use.
A sequence of other apps were ...
DATE: Dec 04, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda logged five new coronavirus cases yesterday out of 682 test results for the illness, bringing the number of active cases to 47.
There are nine cases under investigation, a spokeswoman for the Ministry of Health said.
Two of the cases, both as...
DATE: Dec 03, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Failure to wear a protective mask against Covid-19 is to be an offence punishable by fines, the health minister said last night.
Kim Wilson said a first conviction would get a $500 fine and second and subsequent offences will incur a $1,000 fine.
Mas...
DATE: Dec 02, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The former chief executive of the Bermuda Health Council has settled her court battle against her ex-employer.
Counsel for the BHeC told the Court of Appeal yesterday that a settlement had been reached with Tawanna Wedderburn, who had launched a cour...
DATE: Nov 20, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell