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The island’s main coronavirus testing laboratory has caught up on a backlog of tests, the director said today. Carika Weldon, in charge of the Molecular Diagnostic and Research Laboratory, said “This is the final update. “As of 5.30pm on Jan 21, we a...

Two deaths from Covid-19 were reported last night – which pushed the death toll from the coronavirus up to 112. Officials added that there were 14 patients in hospital – two of them in intensive care. The last deaths attributed to the coronavirus wer...

Covid-19 curfew restrictions ended today at 5am, the Ministry of Health said last night. But other rules designed to limit the spread of the coronavirus will remain in force for two more weeks from Friday. They include keeping maximum group sizes to ...

A major US health watchdog has advised travellers not to travel to Bermuda because of Covid-19 dangers. The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention moved Bermuda up a tier yesterday from Level 3 – high risk – to the top Level 4, classed as very h...

A dentist fears plans to involve dental health practitioners in coronavirus antigen tests for travellers could undermine safety standards in surgeries. Ronda James, a former head of the Bermuda Dental Board, said the Bermuda Health Council had failed...

Small adjustments and better co-ordination in the healthcare system could help save lives, the Bermuda Health Council said yesterday. A BHeC spokesman said that the health service had excellent providers, sufficient equipment and adequate funding for...

An order to extend public health emergency regulations has been published in the Government’s Official Gazette. The Public Health (Covid-19) Emergency Order was passed in the House of Assembly on December 10, 2021. A Government spokeswoman said: “Sim...

Active cases of Covid-19 have continued to climb, up to 1,953 from the 1,882 announced five days ago. There are now 13 people in hospital with the coronavirus, two of them in intensive care, as well as a new record for active infections. There were t...

A “systemic breakdown” in the healthcare system that allowed some people to slip through the cracks has to be tackled, activists said yesterday. Friends of Milton Ming – a Bermudian chef who died days after he was flown overseas for treatment – s...

Travellers en route to the US will be able to get coronavirus tests at doctors’ and dental surgeries, it was revealed today. The Bermuda Health Council said options for people to obtain fit-to-fly certificates would be expanded after an “unprecedente...