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Government has been criticised for failing to consult with other stakeholders before introducing hikes to health insurance premiums. Increases to the standard premium rate were passed in the House of Assembly last Friday. But the Bermuda Public Servi...

People with the blood type O positive have been asked to donate. A Bermuda Hospitals Board spokeswoman said: “The Bermuda Blood Donor Centre is currently in need of O positive blood and is requesting members of the public donate where possible.” Dono...

Another person has died from Covid, the Government said last night. It marks the 37th death since the pandemic hit the island last year. The news was revealed after a press conference when health minister, Kim Wilson, announced new public safety rest...

Booster shots for the vaccine against Covid-19 are “number one on the list” for the Government’s immunisation committee. Kim Wilson, the health minister, said the committee would meet this week to discuss “how it will be distributed and when”. She no...

A Front Street bar closed yesterday after an employee tested positive for the coronavirus. The Docksider Pub and Restaurant will undergo a deep clean today and ten other staff members were expected to be swabbed for the virus this afternoon. Reed You...

People who flout public health regulations are appearing before the courts, the health minister said last night. Kim Wilson announced that, since June, six case files have been prepared for police and the Department of Public Prosecutions. “There are...

The island recorded another death from Covid-19 last night as the number of active cases surged to a new high of 948. The death brought the death toll to 36 since the pandemic hit in March last year and the number of infections is 44 higher than the ...

Requests for large group exemptions will come under greater scrutiny because of the spike in coronavirus cases, the Minister of Youth, Culture and Sport said today. Ernest Peets added that reducing the number of gatherings would help to “contain the ...

The spike in Covid-19 patients has sparked a move by the Bermuda Hospitals Board to its second-highest alert level, staff were told. A message sent on behalf of executives on Monday added that services were at risk and would be further under threat i...

The chief of staff of Bermuda’s hospitals system warned yesterday the public was running out of time to protect themselves from the worst effects of Covid-19 as a fresh wave of infections swept the island. Wesley Miller, who has the most senior medic...