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A string of events have been postponed and services closed as a result of the coronavirus.
The Royal Gazette will update this page with details as they are received.
To include a change of plans for your event, please e-mail news@royalgazette.com.
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DATE: Mar 14, 2020
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Health
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News Staff
The Lamb Foggo Urgent Care Centre will continue its restricted winter opening hours while hospital staff prepare for a potential outbreak of Covid-19 in Bermuda.
The clinic in St David’s had already been forced to continue its winter service for long...
DATE: Mar 05, 2020
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Health
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News Staff
The Ministry of Health confirmed today that no Covid-19 deaths have taken place at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital.
A spokeswoman said the ministry was responding to a false claim on social media regarding the novel coronavirus.
She said: “The ...
DATE: Feb 29, 2020
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Health
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News Staff
People who believe they have been exposed to a deadly coronavirus strain were urged not to simply turn up for medical help at their clinic or the Emergency Department.
The Bermuda Hospitals Board said people with a travel history to a high-risk count...
DATE: Feb 25, 2020
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Health
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News Staff
A total of 14 people have been quarantined so far in the battle to protect Bermuda from a killer strain of coronavirus.
The Ministry of Health warned anyone returning from China or other areas with person-to-person transmission of Covid-19 would be r...
DATE: Feb 15, 2020
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Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A surge in flu cases at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital has forced the Lamb Foggo Urgent Care Centre to extend restricted opening hours.
The Bermuda Hospitals Board said it had focused resources on the hospital’s Emergency Department, where sta...
DATE: Feb 03, 2020
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Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
The acting chief executive of the Bermuda Health Council has been appointed to the role on a permanent basis.
Ricky Brathwaite, who has held the top job at BHeC since the controversial dismissal of Tamara Wedderburn in December 2018, was confirmed in...
DATE: Feb 01, 2020
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Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Young people are encouraged to apply for a summer student programme at the Bermuda Hospitals Board. The BHB said it wants Bermudians to join its team to help it provide “the highest-quality healthcare through service excellence, education and leaders...
DATE: Jan 07, 2020
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Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A warning was issued yesterday over romaine lettuce after an E. coli outbreak in the United States.
The Department of Health said anyone who has recently bought romaine lettuce originating from the area of Salinas, California, should discard it immed...
DATE: Nov 30, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A Docs for Dinner event scheduled for Thursday has been postponed.
Organisers submitted the following press release:
In order to allow many of our physicians to spend Halloween with their children, we have decided to postpone our Docs for Dinner even...
DATE: Oct 28, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff