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The island is well equipped to deal with any possible serious reactions to the coronavirus vaccine, the health minister said.
Kim Wilson cautioned that strong adverse reactions to the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against Covid-19 were “rare”.
Common react...
DATE: Feb 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
An array of Bermuda talent, with many artists kept from the limelight by the coronavirus pandemic, will be showcased on Friday on the grounds of City Hall.
The Department of Community and Cultural Affairs is launching Creatives Live!, with more artis...
DATE: Feb 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Several hundred homes lost power this afternoon in the area of Fractious Street in Hamilton Parish.
Belco’s outage site reported 821 customers in the dark as of 3pm.
A Belco spokesman confirmed there was “an incident this afternoon involving a constr...
DATE: Feb 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Opposition has condemned the Progressive Labour Party for “taking for ever” to tackle changes to immigration policy.
Ben Smith, the One Bermuda Alliance Senate Leader, said he had spent more than two years on the bipartisan committee on immigrati...
DATE: Feb 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The possible animal origins of the coronavirus pandemic and its toll on mental health will be among topics discussed today at a special seminar.
Tucker Murphy, a zoologist who studied human conflict with mountain lions in the Chilean rainforests, sai...
DATE: Feb 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Royal Bermuda Regiment has celebrated the first anniversary of the Coastguard with the assumption of operational control over the service.
The news meant newly-promoted Captain Jeffrey Patterson has taken command of the unit, set up last February...
DATE: Feb 09, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The island has passed the 9,000 people vaccination mark, it was revealed last night.
Kim Wilson, the health minister, added 1,500 people had now had both doses of the coronavirus jab.
Ms Wilson said that the number of active Covid-19 cases had droppe...
DATE: Feb 09, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A moratorium may be lifted on introducing 5G wireless technology to Bermuda, the Regulatory Authority announced last night.
In a preliminary report, the telecommunications watchdog said it was proposing to lift the temporary moratorium imposed on fif...
DATE: Feb 09, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Two new coronavirus cases were reported over the last few days, the health ministry said last night.
The positive results were among 1,385 test results that came back to health officials.
One was from overseas – a resident who flew back on last Satu...
DATE: Feb 09, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A groundbreaking study on violence against women has been welcomed by a women’s charity amid reports of an increase in incidents.
Laurie Shiell, the executive director of the Centre Against Abuse, said the charity had noticed a “sharp increase” in th...
DATE: Feb 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell