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Rapid antigen tests to be used by airline passengers from Bermuda to destinations except Boston and Canada are cheaper and faster than the usual PCR tests, researchers have said. But they added antigen tests were also less accurate than the “gold st...

The Premier, David Burt, announced last night that his office is seeking support staff from other jurisdictions to help Bermuda’s overstretched health service. In his statement this evening, the Premier said: “Right now our principal concern is the h...

Police are appealing for witnesses after two men were taken to hospital after a crash yesterday evening. A police spokesman said that at about 7.50pm yesterday, officers responded to an accident involving two motorcycles on South Shore Road, just eas...

An increase in the number of positive cases has led to delays in test results, the Ministry of Health said last night. As a result community testing is to be scaled back and asymptomatic casual contacts and SafeKey testing will be de-prioritised for ...

Booster shots are to become available for certain target groups, it was announced last night. A spokeswoman for the health department said that the Bermuda Advisory Committee on Immunisation Practices made the recommendation following a meeting yeste...

People with the blood type O positive have been asked to donate. A Bermuda Hospitals Board spokeswoman said: “The Bermuda Blood Donor Centre is currently in need of O positive blood and is requesting members of the public donate where possible.” Dono...

Another person has died from Covid, the Government said last night. It marks the 37th death since the pandemic hit the island last year. The news was revealed after a press conference when health minister, Kim Wilson, announced new public safety rest...

Police have named the victim of a fatal road crash in the West End last week. Orlando Burch, 41, died after his motorbike was in collision with a bus on Somerset Road, near Scaur Lane in Sandys. A police spokeswoman said: “The investigation regarding...

Delays in garbage collection in the West End were signalled yesterday because of a “disruption in the labour force” over Covid-19 health regulations. A spokesman for the public works ministry said there were delays to trash pickups yesterday and that...

The increase in Covid-cases has forced a bank to make changes to its teller operations. A spokesman for Clarien Bank said: “As a result of the current Covid outbreak and out of an abundance of caution for both our employees and clients, Clarien has m...