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The health minister tonight renewed her appeal for people to sign up for coronavirus vaccine booster vaccinations.
Kim Wilson was speaking after health officials recorded one new case out of the latest 2,974 test results.
The infection came in from o...
DATE: Nov 20, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A former cancer patient celebrating five years in the clear is to brave the waters off Bermuda for a charity swim.
Nina London, a columnist for The Royal Gazette, is staging the event to raise funds for cancer charity Pals.
She plans to start her 2k...
DATE: Nov 20, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Regulations for indoor dining and large group gatherings were last night relaxed as the number of Covid-19 continued to fall.
The SafeKey pass was required for indoor activities such as dining over the latest outbreak.
It was also mandatory for all...
DATE: Nov 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Only one person tested positive for Covid-19 out of the 1,618 results received by health officials on Monday.
There were no cases found in Sunday’s 1,577 test results.
This evening’s announcement show active cases of the virus continuing to fall, dow...
DATE: Nov 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Health officials admitted that “some people” under 50 had “slipped through the cracks” and managed to get a Covid-19 vaccine booster despite not being eligible yet.
But the Ministry of Health could not give a number or explain why immunised people ag...
DATE: Nov 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
Age Concern is to launch a Covid-19 booster shot hotline.
The charity said eligible members of the public will be able to get information on the vaccine and register for the booster from Monday.
Callan Bassett, the organisation’s business development...
DATE: Nov 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
The number of active cases of the coronavirus has fallen to 49, it was revealed last night.
Two people are in hospital for the virus, with one in intensive care – the lowest number of inpatients since August 23.
The numbers show a continued decline f...
DATE: Nov 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A memorial tree in commemoration of the island’s 106 victims of Covid-19 has been planted.
The Bermuda cedar was placed in the Botanical Gardens in Paget by David Burt, the Premier and Kim Wilson, the health minister.
Mr Burt said more Bermudians had...
DATE: Nov 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Patients will be the main focus of a new universal health coverage plan, the Minister of Health said on Friday.
Kim Wilson told the House of Assembly that a three-year plan would begin with a “foundational” layer to include projects highlighted in th...
DATE: Nov 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
An insurance company has backed plans for a major shake-up of the healthcare system.
Peter Lozier, the chief executive of Argus Americas, said the company shared the Government’s “vision to provide access to quality, affordable healthcare to every Be...
DATE: Nov 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan