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Bermuda Hospitals Board this week performed 3D mammograms for the first time this week.
BHB upgraded its digital mammography unit to provide an imaging test that combines multiple X-rays to create a three-dimensional picture of the breast.
Renee Butt...
DATE: May 13, 2021
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Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The sister of a well known taxi driver who died of complications after he developed Covid-19 yesterday appealed to the public to ignore bogus claims about the coronavirus.
Sharon Ward said: “If you don’t read or hear about Covid in the mainstream me...
DATE: May 10, 2021
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Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A total of 88 per cent of people admitted to hospital with Covid-19 over the last few weeks were not vaccinated, the Bermuda Hospitals Board revealed today.
The BHB said 81 patients treated between March 14 to May 1 had not had the vaccine, 10, or 11...
DATE: May 10, 2021
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Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Bermuda has failed to make a “green list” of countries with minimum Covid-19 restrictions for travel to Britain, it was revealed yesterday.
The island is on the “amber list” – which means travellers to the UK will still have to undergo a 10 day quara...
DATE: May 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
An attack on conspiracy theorists who spread “outright lies” about the government’s handling of the Covid-19 crisis was yesterday launched by an MP.
Christopher Famous, the Progressive Labour Party MP for Devonshire East, said it was “heart wrenching...
DATE: May 08, 2021
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Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Bermuda’s triathlon star has appealed to the public to get vaccinated against Covid-19.
Flora Duffy, a two-time world champion and Olympian, posted a photograph of herself on social media after she got the first of the double shot Pfizer vaccine.
She...
DATE: May 06, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Taxi drivers should get the Covid-19 jab because of the high-risk nature of the job, the head of the industry’s trade association said yesterday.
David Frost, the president of the Bermuda Taxi Operators Association, added that a high number of driver...
DATE: May 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Prison officials have stonewalled questions on claims that a Westgate inmate has been in isolation for a month after he refused to take a coronavirus PCR nasal test on medical grounds.
The inmate’s mother claimed the man could have been exposed to C...
DATE: May 04, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Outrageous socks were sported by the public yesterday in a show for support for an autism charity.
Tomorrow’s Voices has already raised $3,000 from donations and the sale of the wacky socks through its store on the Sargasso Sea app as part of its Au...
DATE: Apr 30, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Regiment soldiers stationed at vehicle check points have commended the public for largely remaining compliant with Covid-19 regulations.
The Royal Gazette stationed with a group of soldiers at East Broadway on Saturday to observe the operation.
T...
DATE: Apr 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan