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Exceptions to an air travel ban for unvaccinated foreign arrivals to the United States will be “very limited”, the country’s Consulate in Bermuda has warned.
A spokeswoman for the US Consulate said that “all adult foreign nationals travelling to the ...
DATE: Oct 06, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Seven more people have died from the coronavirus, which took the island’s Covid-19 death toll to 82.
The news came as the island logged 83 new cases from 5,798 test results that came back to health officials since the last update – a positivity rate ...
DATE: Oct 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A senior accused of causing the death of a motorcycle rider while drink-driving has had his name cleared in the Supreme Court.
Charles Johnson, 65, of St George’s, had the charge against him dismissed in a brief appearance on Friday before Puisne Jud...
DATE: Oct 04, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
An activist stonewalled in her fundraising and searches for employment now faces no choice but to leave Bermuda and wrap up the charity she founded to fight for the disabled.
LaKeisha Wolffe’s last act for the Disability Centre of Bermuda is to appea...
DATE: Oct 04, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The death toll from Covid-19 climbed to 75 last night after three more coronavirus-related deaths were announced.
There were 92 new positive cases found in 4,158 test results that came back to health officials – a positivity rate of 2.2 per cent.
Ac...
DATE: Oct 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A Front Street building that housed a bar and nightclub has been put up for rent.
Gibbons & Outerbridge, the real estate firm that owns and manages 93 Front Street, where the Dog House bar and the Café Cairo nightclub once operated, said the business...
DATE: Oct 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Premier criticised “negligence” in the fight against Covid-19 and last night highlighted a case where some people had got the vaccine but left an elderly relative unprotected.
David Burt said: “Those persons have gotten their vaccine, but their p...
DATE: Oct 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A return to lockdown would only “kick the can down the road” in the battle against Covid-19, the Chief Medical Officer warned last night.
Ayo Oyinloye admitted there was evidence from the third wave of coronavirus infections in the spring that “if we...
DATE: Oct 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Ten more people have died from Covid-19, the health minister announced last night, bringing the island’s death toll to 72.
It brings the number of deaths this month alone to 38.
Kim Wilson gave “heartfelt condolences” as she revealed a further 99 peo...
DATE: Sep 30, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Recent deaths from Covid-19 have overwhelmed the hospital’s morgue, requiring refrigerated overflow containers to be brought in.
R Scott Pearman, the deputy chief executive officer for Bermuda Hospitals Board, said there was a heightened need for co-...
DATE: Sep 30, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell