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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...
DATE: Apr 15, 2020
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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...
DATE: Apr 14, 2020
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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...
DATE: Apr 14, 2020
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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 “...
DATE: Apr 13, 2020
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A charity tending to homeless cats claimed its stay-at-home waiver got pulled without warning, as authorities during the holiday contended with continued lockdown violations.
Police reported the public had ventured out without approved exemptions, on...
DATE: Apr 13, 2020
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Bermudian students quarantined in a hotel have expressed their thanks after being brought home when Covid-19 reduced society to a standstill.
Dozens of people have been staying at the island resort to stop the spread of the killer virus since they re...
DATE: Apr 13, 2020
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Police thanked the public for help in locating 16-year-old Nolldre Brown.
The teen, reported missing earlier this evening, returned home safely in good health.
DATE: Apr 12, 2020
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Soldiers from the Royal Bermuda Regiment today marked the holiday weekend with another round of duty on land and on sea.
Troops manned checkpoints across the island and worked from forward operating bases, including one at Warwick Academy, as well as...
DATE: Apr 12, 2020
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A rest home resident with Covid-19 was in critical condition in hospital last night.
The senior, 66, deteriorated after he developed a fever and cough at the Matilda Smith Williams nursing home in Devonshire on Sunday.
The man was admitted to the Kin...
DATE: Apr 11, 2020
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An emergency homeless shelter has been moved from Pembroke to Prospect.
The shelter, set up under the state of emergency shelter in place regulations, was transferred from the Berkeley Institute to CedarBridge Academy.
Kathy Lynn Simmons, the Attorne...
DATE: Apr 11, 2020
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