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A charter flight is to bring home Bermudians stranded in Britain next Friday — along with a cargo of coronavirus test kits. David Burt, the Premier, said yesterday that some of the test kits bought by the Cayman Islands were sold on to Bermuda and ha...

Standard & Poor’s, the United States ratings agency, has updated its outlook on Bermuda from positive to “stable”, the Ministry of Finance announced last night. The move represents a minor downgrade for the island, reflecting the impact of the Covid-...

The Government backed away from a blanket ban on deliveries by alcohol and tobacco wholesalers yesterday. The change of heart came after David Burt, the Premier, said the day before that liquor and cigarette distributors were among the businesses shu...

Two new cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in Bermuda, the health minister revealed last night. Kim Wilson said that 35 test results had returned with 33 in the clear. The island’s total infections from the novel coronavirus now stands at 83. Ms W...

The island’s tourism authority will suffer cutbacks to stay afloat after the industry was demolished by the Covid-19 pandemic, it warned yesterday. Paul Telford, the Bermuda Tourism Authority chairman, said the organisation was “taking steps to stem ...

Emergency measures to shore up the economy through the Covid-19 crisis were unveiled last night. The assistance programme includes $12 million from the Government to back loans and grants for small and medium-sized businesses, administered through th...

The number of negative pressure rooms has been boosted by nine at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital as part of the effort to battle the spread of Covid-19. The Bermuda Hospitals Board said it had added four negative pressure rooms in the Emergenc...

Protective mask manufacture has turned into a cottage industry for one woman and her sewing machine. Kendra-Lee Pearman, an educational psychologist, learnt how to sew at the Berkeley Institute and is from a long line of seamstresses. Now she has tur...

A decision to extend the Covid-19 shelter in place regulations could be announced today, the Premier signalled last night. David Burt said that Cabinet discussions today could include an extension of the lockdown, due to end on Saturday. He added tha...

Supermarket workers have been praised for pulling out all the stops to keep the island supplied with food and other essentials during the Covid-19 crisis. Mitchell Foote, the assistant manager of Shelly Bay MarketPlace, said his exhausted staff had “...