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Staff and parents at a primary school were alerted yesterday to a potential exposure to the coronavirus. A letter from the office of the Chief Medical Officer revealed there was a possible risk at West Pembroke Primary School. It said that the Minist...

Schoolchildren will get a free hot and filling breakfast delivered to their homes as part of a one-day national campaign by a charity. The Coalition for the Protection of Children launched its first National Breakfast Day and is scheduled to hand out...

People vaccinated against Covid-19 but who later died from the disease were old and already very sick, the Chief Medical Officer has revealed. Ayoola Oyinloye said that 16 per cent of the island’s deaths were fully immunised. Dr Oyinloye added: “Peop...

A charity walk next month will feature a parallel virtual event to help fight one of the island’s major chronic illnesses. Hamilton Rotary Club highlighted the “staggeringly high” cost of end stage kidney disease in Bermuda. The club appealed for spo...

Three more deaths from Covid-19 were announced last night, raising the death toll from the virus to 95. But active cases have dropped to 474 from the 658 at the last update. It brings case numbers below the 537 recorded for September 5, early in the...

David Burt, the Premier, has said that those who don’t get vaccinated against Covid-19 “have elected to have a higher risk of serious illness”. The Premier issued the stark warning at a press conference yesterday, in which Government extended the pub...

Elective surgeries, put on hold as King Edward VII Memorial Hospital grapples with the island’s worst outbreak of Covid-19, are expected to restart soon. Wesley Miller, the chief of staff for Bermuda Hospitals Board, said admissions for the illness h...

A Covid-19 report card from a parliamentary committee would be best placed to evaluate the Government’s handling of the pandemic, David Burt said. The Premier said it was “the job of legislators to scrutinise the work of the executive”, and the parli...

Non-vaccinated residents could be blocked from entering the US – even if they need urgent medical treatment, it has been revealed. Kim Wilson, the health minister, issued the stark warning at a press conference last night. The minister pointed out t...

Fast-tracked coronavirus tests are planned for incoming travellers – especially people on business – to get cleared quickly on arrival. Kim Wilson, the health minister, said talks on the move were ongoing with the Bermuda Chamber of Commerce. She sai...