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The former science adviser to the Government has accused the health minister of defaming her at a Covid-19 briefing.
Kim Wilson said at the regular Thursday update that Carika Weldon, who resigned on the last day of 2021 from the Molecular Diagnostic...
DATE: Mar 19, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda recorded another Covid-19 fatality tonight, pushing the death toll up to 126.
The grim news came as Kim Wilson, the health minister, warned that coronavirus infections were outpacing recoveries as the number of active cases hit 271 — up from ...
DATE: Mar 18, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Health officials insisted last night they were confident that the government lab on the front line of the battle against Covid-19 could cope with a flood of tests if another major outbreak happened.
Ayo Oyinloye, the Chief Medical Officer, said the M...
DATE: Mar 18, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A member of a steering committee involved in the Government’s plans for universal health coverage said that the group was impartial and had “robust, open” talks.
Kirsten Beasley highlighted that everyone on the island has an interest in strengthening...
DATE: Mar 18, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
There has been one more Covid-19 related death since Monday and cases ‘are going in the wrong direction’, according to the Chief Medical Officer
DATE: Mar 17, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A last call went out today for people to put their best foot forward for a charity walk to raise funds for the fight against diabetes.
The Walk to ‘Defeet’ Diabetes, held every year, will be in a virtual format and participants were asked to walk, j...
DATE: Mar 17, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The scientist who spearheaded the island’s battle against Covid-19 yesterday denied a government claim that up to 60 people had worked at her lab.
Carika Weldon, the former director of the Medical Diagnostic and Research Laboratory, known as MDL, was...
DATE: Mar 16, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A dangerous and infectious virus that targets dogs has reappeared after a major outbreak swept through the island last summer.
Andrew Madeiros, of Ettrick Animal Hospital in Warwick, said canine parvovirus, which can cause serious illness or death in...
DATE: Mar 16, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
When people hear the word “stroke”, most picture it happening to someone in their later years rather a baby.
But Jill Davidson, a paediatric occupational therapist and owner of Function Junction, said she had looked after an infant who suffered a br...
DATE: Mar 16, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A pressure group is to sue the Government for damages over its handling of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Eugene Dean, of the Collective Action Solidarity Trust, said the group planned to launch a representative claim — a form of class action lawsuit — throu...
DATE: Mar 16, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell