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Children have been sent to school without parents waiting for clear coronavirus test results and some have later been found to be infected, health officials said last night. Kim Wilson, the health minister, warned parents that children should not ret...

More than 2,860 people have signed a petition urging the Government to scrap the Covid-19 SafeKey requirement. The petition, posted on the change.org platform, claims that the regulation is having a damaging effect on the economy. Under current C...

Emergency services staffing levels have started to recover after quarantine rules were relaxed, it was revealed yesterday. A spokesman for the Fire Service Association said that a loosening off of Covid-19 regulations that allowed close contacts of a...

The island’s main coronavirus testing laboratory has caught up on a backlog of tests, the director said today. Carika Weldon, in charge of the Molecular Diagnostic and Research Laboratory, said “This is the final update. “As of 5.30pm on Jan 21, we a...

Two deaths from Covid-19 were reported last night – which pushed the death toll from the coronavirus up to 112. Officials added that there were 14 patients in hospital – two of them in intensive care. The last deaths attributed to the coronavirus wer...

Covid-19 curfew restrictions ended today at 5am, the Ministry of Health said last night. But other rules designed to limit the spread of the coronavirus will remain in force for two more weeks from Friday. They include keeping maximum group sizes to ...

A major US health watchdog has advised travellers not to travel to Bermuda because of Covid-19 dangers. The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention moved Bermuda up a tier yesterday from Level 3 – high risk – to the top Level 4, classed as very h...

A dentist fears plans to involve dental health practitioners in coronavirus antigen tests for travellers could undermine safety standards in surgeries. Ronda James, a former head of the Bermuda Dental Board, said the Bermuda Health Council had failed...

Small adjustments and better co-ordination in the healthcare system could help save lives, the Bermuda Health Council said yesterday. A BHeC spokesman said that the health service had excellent providers, sufficient equipment and adequate funding for...

An order to extend public health emergency regulations has been published in the Government’s Official Gazette. The Public Health (Covid-19) Emergency Order was passed in the House of Assembly on December 10, 2021. A Government spokeswoman said: “Sim...