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No new cases of Covid-19 were recorded by the Ministry of Health on Saturday.
A total of 166 test results came back negative, meaning Bermuda had still recorded 118 positive cases overall.
The number of people in hospital dropped from 15 to 11; 36 pe...
DATE: May 11, 2020
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Health
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News Staff
Five care homes have recorded cases of Covid-19, the health minister revealed last night.
Kim Wilson confirmed that three new cases reported on Wednesday were all residents in separate care homes.
Outbreaks of the virus were earlier confirmed at West...
DATE: May 09, 2020
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Health
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News Staff
Bermuda has recorded its sixth Covid-19 related death, the Premier confirmed this evening.
The victim was understood to be a resident at the Westmeath Residential and Nursing Home, where 11 residents and two staff members have previously been confirm...
DATE: Apr 26, 2020
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Health
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News Staff
A list of numbers including WhatsApp contact details was released yesterday so people can get help with applications for the Government’s unemployment benefits scheme.
Lovitta Foggo, the labour minister, said: “We want this process to be as seamless ...
DATE: Apr 09, 2020
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Health
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News Staff
A church feeding programme will offer meal collection twice a week as the island grapples with the coronavirus crisis.
The Hamilton Seventh Day Adventist Church said that it had “a responsibility to be a continued light on a hill for those who are se...
DATE: Apr 07, 2020
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Health
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News Staff
As residents sheltered in place on the first day of Bermuda’s lockdown measures in the battle against Covid-19, The Royal Gazette captured quiet scenes at various island spots.
City roads on strips like Front Street and Church Street were empty, as w...
DATE: Apr 04, 2020
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Health
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News Staff
Emergency doctors have pulled together a easy-to-read self-assessment guide to Covid-19.
Chikezie Dean Okereke, the BHB’s chief of emergency and hyperbaric services, said: “We developed the Covid-19 self-assessment as tool to better manage the needs ...
DATE: Apr 02, 2020
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Health
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News Staff
A special bus service for hospital workers has been set up.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Tourism and Transport and the Department of Public Transportation said that the temporary schedule would service routes 1, 3, 6, 7, 8 and 11 every day and wo...
DATE: Mar 30, 2020
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Health
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News Staff
Police officers have ditched their ties as part of the fight against Covid-19.
A police spokesman said: “While no clinical studies have demonstrated cross transmission of bugs via neckties, they have in some instances been found to be contaminated by...
DATE: Mar 30, 2020
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Health
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News Staff
Health officials will visit vulnerable seniors to ensure they have enough groceries and medication to stay well during the Covid-19 crisis.
The Ministry of Health’s Ageing and Disability Services will conduct wellness checks from tomorrow.
Kim Wilson...
DATE: Mar 29, 2020
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Health
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News Staff