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Disruptions to bus and ferry services look set to continue after transport bosses and drivers failed to reach an agreement over Covid-19-related health and safety practices.
Yesterday morning Lawrence Scott, the Minister of Transport, said that the t...
DATE: Sep 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A record number of Covid-19 patients has stretched healthcare resources to breaking point, the Premier warned last night.
David Burt added he was “extremely concerned with what we are seeing at our hospital”.
He said: “The hospital is currently over...
DATE: Sep 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Members of the public should not take their frustrations out on hard-pressed healthcare staff battling a surge in Covid-19 cases, the Chief Medical Officer said last night.
Ayo Oyinloye said “abuse” had been aimed at workers “across the board” as the...
DATE: Sep 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Six care homes and 14 daycare centres have been affected in the latest wave of coronavirus infections, a Government spokeswoman said.
She added that a dozen of the childcare facilities had closed.
Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health, said on Sunday th...
DATE: Sep 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A shipment of 2,300 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine is expected to arrive on today’s flight from the UK.
Priority will be given to people in need of first and second doses of the jab.
But Ayo Oyinloye, the Chief Medical Officer, said eligible pupils an...
DATE: Sep 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Public sector staff face a “revolving door” of sickness and quarantine because of the Covid-19 pandemic, it was claimed yesterday.
Bus and ferry service representatives said that schedules had been devastated by mass absenteeism – with staff unable t...
DATE: Sep 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Bermuda’s top physicians today urged people to get vaccinated, saying it was the single best way to stop people dying and to get through the current Covid-19 outbreak.
And the chief medical officer, Dr Ayo Oyinloye, also made a heartfelt plea to the...
DATE: Sep 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Police responses have been unaffected by an increase in officers quarantined under coronavirus rules, the Bermuda Police Service said today.
Acting Assistant Commissioner for Operations Na’imah Astwood added that the BPS was prepared for any further ...
DATE: Sep 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A top insurance firm has ordered that only vaccinated vendors should be allowed into some areas of its offices in a bid to protect staff from an upsurge in Covid-19 cases.
The decision, which was circulated internally last week by the Hamilton-based ...
DATE: Sep 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Frontline healthcare workers are being fed on the job through a free meals delivery service.
Food is being delivered to the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital’s emergency department and intensive care unit on a regular basis through Meal Train, a sch...
DATE: Sep 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan