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An emergency flight set up to get US citizens in Bermuda home today has been cancelled.
A WestJet flight from Toronto to Bermuda to bring Bermudians home and transport Canadians back which was scheduled for today has also been cancelled.
A Government...
DATE: Mar 21, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Diabetics will still get vital medicines even with a ban on flights and most ships because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Debbie Jones, chairwoman of the Bermuda Diabetes Association, said the charity had also set up tents outside its headquarters in B...
DATE: Mar 20, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda’s first two cases of Covid-19 were diagnosed at about 4pm yesterday, it was revealed last night.
David Burt, the Premier, said one of the two residents had travelled from Britain and the other from the United States and the cases were unconne...
DATE: Mar 19, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Two men have been arrested after a shooting that killed one man and injured another.
Police said 18 shots were fired in the area surrounding the junction of Court Street and Elliott Street, where Clarke Fox, 28, was wounded on Tuesday at about 2.45pm...
DATE: Mar 19, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Hotels have been set aside for passengers returning to the island who do not have their own space for mandatory 14-day self-quarantining, according to Wayne Caines, the Minister of National Security.
Mr Caines told a press conference three flights we...
DATE: Mar 19, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Family Centre is to move to remote access to help care for its clients despite the Covid-19 crisis.
Martha Dismont, the charity’s executive director, said the change, which will start tomorrow, would protect staff as well as those who use its service...
DATE: Mar 19, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Work permit holders whose children are returning to the island between today and tomorrow should immediately contact the department.
The Ministry of National Security advised that the Department of Immigration is liaising with the airlines servicing ...
DATE: Mar 19, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Catholic Church suspended Masses yesterday — including funerals — amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
Bishop Wieslaw Spiewak said that priests across the island would celebrate Mass alone “for the intentions of the people of his parish” and that committa...
DATE: Mar 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The airport will close to all passenger flights at midnight on Friday for two weeks, the Premier said tonight.
David Burt added that “only returning residents will be allowed on flights to Bermuda between tomorrow morning and Friday night”.
Non-resid...
DATE: Mar 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Customs officers walked off the job at the airport tonight.
It is understood the industrial action came over fears about Covid-19. The island’s first two confirmed cases arrived at LF Wade International on flights from the US and Britain.
Wayne Caine...
DATE: Mar 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell