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A radiation therapy unit has had its accreditation renewed by a top oncology institute.
The Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre (BCHC) announced its accreditation from the American College of Radiology today.
David Serratore, the medical physicist at th...
DATE: Dec 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
New travel regulations, including the ability for residents to use their pre-departure test as an arrival test if returning within 72 hours, came into effect yesterday.
Three changes, which have been brought to streamline border protocols, apply to a...
DATE: Dec 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
At least 16 of the island’s 35 active coronavirus cases are of the Omicron variant, it was announced last night.
It means the number of active Omicron cases has gone up from two when figures were released on December 9.
The news came as 20 people tes...
DATE: Dec 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Attorney-General has asked a judge to dismiss an order from the Information Commissioner to make the Government hand over records related to payments from the public purse to former premier Ewart Brown.
The civil case was said in the Supreme Cour...
DATE: Dec 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
More than 20,000 Covid-19 antigen tests have been handed out to charities and other organisations last week.
The donations came after a joint effort by the Inter Agency Committee for Children, Families and the Community with the Bermuda Foundation.
T...
DATE: Dec 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
One more case of the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus has been isolated, health officials said last night.
The infection was found in a person who arrived on the island from overseas. There have now been two confirmed Omicron cases on the islan...
DATE: Dec 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Schools can again welcome parents and hold assemblies for staff and pupils after Covid-19 precautions were eased yesterday.
A Ministry of Education spokeswoman confirmed that public schools had moved to Phase 3 of the Government’s Covid-19 system for...
DATE: Dec 09, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A plea for the public to give a Christmas gift of protection to others and get vaccinated was made by the Chief Medical Officer yesterday.
Ayo Oyinloye warned that the Covid-19 pandemic was not over and that the virus flourished with human contact.
H...
DATE: Dec 09, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The island’s Chief Medical Officer has faced bizarre allegations he was paid by American billionaires to promote vaccination, he said yesterday.
Ayo Oyinloye added that – “laughably” – he was most recently linked to Jeff Bezos, the founder of online ...
DATE: Dec 09, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The first case of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus in Bermuda has been confirmed, it was revealed yesterday.
Health officials said much remained unknown about the new strain but that the symptoms appeared to be mild, with effects such as fatigu...
DATE: Dec 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell