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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
Hospital staff under sustained stress from a fourth wave of coronavirus infections will persevere but cannot be allowed to “max out”, the Bermuda Hospitals Board president warned yesterday.
Michael Richmond said that extra staff from overseas would e...
DATE: Sep 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A lawyer laid low by Covid-19 has appealed to the public to respect each other’s opinions as the country battles a new wave of the disease.
Marc Daniels, who revealed his story on social media, told The Royal Gazette: “I have no regrets with my exper...
DATE: Sep 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A Government-run centre for disabled adults has been closed after a coronavirus exposure.
Tinee Furbert, the Minister of Social Development and Seniors, said that the K Margaret Carter Centre in Devonshire had been “deep cleaned".
She added: “The Epi...
DATE: Sep 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The island last night recorded another death from Covid-19, bringing the death toll to 43.
Kim Wilson, the health minister, said another 155 coronavirus infections had been logged over two days and the number of active cases now stood at 1,513.
Ms W...
DATE: Sep 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Mandatory coronavirus test schemes for unvaccinated workers could be used more widely as employers try to cut risk in their businesses.
Keith Jensen, the Bermuda Employers’ Council president, said employers had to deal with more than 10,000 quarantin...
DATE: Sep 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The US Centres for Disease Control yesterday warned travellers not to visit Bermuda after a massive rise in Covid-19 cases.
The announcement came after the island was moved to Level 4 – “very high” risk – on the CDC’s travel advisory list.
Stephen To...
DATE: Sep 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda continues to lead the world on coronavirus cases per head, two tracking sites have shown.
Worldometer.com’s coronavirus website showed Bermuda had the world’s highest number of active cases per head over the last seven days with 16,323 case...
DATE: Sep 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Bill Zuill
Rapid antigen tests to be used by airline passengers from Bermuda to destinations except Boston and Canada are cheaper and faster than the usual PCR tests, researchers have said.
But they added antigen tests were also less accurate than the “gold st...
DATE: Sep 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff