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The Bermuda Health Council and Final Steps Bermuda will hold a Facebook Live workshop on end of life care next Wednesday, September 1.
The event will start at 12.30pm and questions can be submitted to healthcouncil@bhec.bm
The session can be found a...
DATE: Aug 28, 2021
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Health
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News Staff
Bermuda’s Covid-19 vaccination rate continued to inch up last week.
The Government said that 64.9 per cent of the population had been given both jabs for full immunity and 66.3 per cent have had a single dose.
That compared to 64.6 per cent with two...
DATE: Aug 25, 2021
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Health
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News Staff
Tougher regulations designed to curb the spread of Covid-19 will come into force at 6pm tomorrow, the Government announced tonight.
The SafeKey system for indoor public spaces where masks can be removed will be introduced for indoor dining, bars, clu...
DATE: Aug 20, 2021
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Health
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News Staff
Fifteen more babies were born in 2020 than a year earlier, reversing a trend that began with the financial crisis of 2008.
The increase from 525 to 540 registered births does not appear to have been due to a baby boom many predicted when the world w...
DATE: Jul 10, 2021
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Health
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News Staff
Covid and the resulting lengthy lockdowns caused enormous hardship for many in Bermuda.
People were cut off from their family and friends, they lost their livelihoods and, in some tragic cases, their loved ones.
But despite everything, people refused...
DATE: Jul 05, 2021
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Health
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News Staff
The Bermuda Industrial Union today put pressure on the Government to change its policy to force unvaccinated arrivals to undergo a mandatory two week supervised quarantine.
The union also asked the Bermuda Hotel Association to rethink its requirement...
DATE: Jun 18, 2021
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Health
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News Staff
The organisers of a controversial raft-up that involved US high fashion firm Revolve and guest influencers today claimed the Government and tourism authorities were aware of the event.
A statement from Victoria Greening, a lawyer, issued on behalf o...
DATE: Jun 14, 2021
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Health
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News Staff
An insurance company has won a competition aimed at increasing blood donations on the island.
The Ministry of Health and Bermuda Hospitals Board today announced that Freisenbruch Meyer has won the 2021 Corporate Blood Drive Competition - for the seco...
DATE: Jun 14, 2021
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Health
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News Staff
The hours for a walk-in vaccine facility at the Hamilton Princess and Beach Club have been extended.
It will now operate from 3pm to 7pm tonight and tomorrow at the Harbour View Ball Room.
A spokeswoman for the ministry of health said: “We encourage ...
DATE: Jun 07, 2021
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Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
The weekday hours of the Lamb Foggo Urgent Care Centre (UCC) are changing with the service available later into the evening.
From today, the UCC will open from 2pm to 10pm every weekday and public holiday, instead of noon until 8pm.
An x-ray service ...
DATE: Jun 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff