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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
Three men are to be charged after they were caught in breach of the curfew rules, police said today.
Officers found the men on Devonshire’s Vesey Street just before 9pm on Friday night after complaints about noise nuisance from nearby residents.
Poli...
DATE: Apr 04, 2020
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Other
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News Staff
Three people were caught by police after they breached the curfew on Thursday night.
One woman stopped twice was taken into custody and detained at Hamilton Police Station after she was caught for a second time in Flatts at about 10.15pm.
One man was...
DATE: Apr 03, 2020
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Crime
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AUTHOR:
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
The Great Bermuda Takeout Day is being launched to encourage people to support local food outlets.
The Bermuda Tourism Authority is promoting the initiative on Thursday to help eateries who are continuing to provide home and kerbside deliveries.
Chie...
DATE: Mar 31, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
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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AUTHOR:
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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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
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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CATEGORY:
Health
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News Staff
An extra 48 new beds arrived at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital today.
Judy Richardson, Chief of Nursing at Bermuda Hospitals Board, said: “When the beds were ordered originally last year, it was part of a life-cycle replacement programme.
“How...
DATE: Mar 28, 2020
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Health
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News Staff
Bermuda recorded five more cases of Covid-19 today, taking the total on the island to 22.
David Burt said that three of the new positive cases were imported, and the other two had close contact with a confirmed case.
The Premier said that 36 test res...
DATE: Mar 28, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff