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The Bermuda Hospitals Board has cut back the opening hours of the Lamb Foggo Urgent Care Centre to bolster resources at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital.
The UCC in St David’s will run from 5pm to 10pm on weekdays for at least two weeks from tomorro...
DATE: Oct 04, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Students of Warwick Academy were given Covid-19 Lateral Flow Tests on Saturday as part of a programme designed to get them back to in-person learning.
The tests were distributed between 9am and 3pm and the students tested themselves last night ahead...
DATE: Oct 04, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The death toll from Covid-19 climbed to 75 last night after three more coronavirus-related deaths were announced.
There were 92 new positive cases found in 4,158 test results that came back to health officials – a positivity rate of 2.2 per cent.
Ac...
DATE: Oct 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Philippines has placed Bermuda on its “red” list, according to this report from the Philippine News Agency.
The red listing came after the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) updated its list of c...
DATE: Oct 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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Some healthcare professionals are perpetuating myths that home remedies are able to treat Covid-19, according to Bermuda’s Chief Medical Officer.
And he urged them to honour their Hippocratic oath – to “do no harm”.
Ayo Oyinloye was speaking during a...
DATE: Oct 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
More health professionals have opted to take the Covid-19 vaccination, Bermuda Hospitals Board Chief of Staff said yesterday.
At a press conference this afternoon, Wesley Miller said that 76 per cent of registered and enrolled nurses, including c...
DATE: Oct 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The Premier criticised “negligence” in the fight against Covid-19 and last night highlighted a case where some people had got the vaccine but left an elderly relative unprotected.
David Burt said: “Those persons have gotten their vaccine, but their p...
DATE: Oct 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A return to lockdown would only “kick the can down the road” in the battle against Covid-19, the Chief Medical Officer warned last night.
Ayo Oyinloye admitted there was evidence from the third wave of coronavirus infections in the spring that “if we...
DATE: Oct 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Opposition has welcomed a decision to drop a policy that forced non-vaccinated travellers to quarantine in approved centres.
But the One Bermuda Alliance asked the Government to provide details on how much the controversial policy had cost taxpay...
DATE: Oct 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Residents who get vaccinated against the coronavirus at a series of pop-up clinics will be in with a chance of winning a weekend hotel stay.
The Hamilton Princess and Beach Club will host three sessions when people will be treated to lemonade, cookie...
DATE: Oct 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter