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The total number of Covid-19 cases remained at 141 after 30 test results for the coronavirus came back clear yesterday.
A Ministry of Health spokeswoman said there were now 19 active cases of the illness, with 11 people under public health monitoring...
DATE: Jun 04, 2020
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Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A sharp racial disparity in infection and death from Covid-19 was revealed yesterday in a review commissioned by the British Government.
The Public Health England report echoed a similar trend seen in Bermuda, where the coronavirus pandemic has taken...
DATE: Jun 03, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The island’s total cases of Covid-19 held steady at 141 today, after 143 tests all came in negative.
There are now 19 active cases of the illness, with 11 people under public health monitoring.
Eight patients are in hospital, but none are in critical...
DATE: Jun 02, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The island today recorded six new cases of Covid-19, the health ministry said tonight.
The positive results were among 170 results that came back to officials.
The new infections brought the total number of cases to 139.
Kim Wilson, the health minist...
DATE: May 26, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda has been spared a spike in deaths during the coronavirus crisis — unlike some other countries.
There has been an increase in mortality rates, well above official counts of Covid-19 deaths, reported in other countries.
Italy, one of the world’...
DATE: May 23, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
More than 90 per cent of people in a poll said that the Government had handled the Covid-19 crisis well, it was revealed yesterday.
A survey by Total Research Associates and Narrative Research found that 92 per cent of people they talked to were sati...
DATE: May 22, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Government is considering expanding Bermuda’s potential for farming and fishing, Walter Roban told the House of Assembly today.
A study will be carried out on opportunities for “under produced but locally desired produce”, while the Government wi...
DATE: May 22, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
People are being informed of coronavirus antibody results within 48 hours of testing, after the Government’s policy was altered.
The test, one of several types of test available, flags up the immune markers showing that a person has been exposed to t...
DATE: May 21, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Bank of Bermuda Foundation has handed out a total of $132,500 to support pandemic emergency services, it said today.
The charitable foundation has backed food programmes, the provision of emergency shelter, mental health services, medicine delive...
DATE: May 20, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Bermuda Post Office is seeking alternative routes for international mail, which has been halted by the Covid-19 pandemic.
A spokeswoman this afternoon said the BPO was “working diligently” with partners overseas, including the United States and B...
DATE: May 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell