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The coronavirus Delta variant, a more virulent strain driving an aggressive rebound of the pandemic in the US and Britain, now accounts for 19 of Bermuda’s 25 active cases of Covid-19.
None are in hospital – but the number marks the island’s highest ...
DATE: Jul 28, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda has recorded another three cases of the Covid-19 virus, according to test results released by the department of health on Friday night.
The results came from a batch of 6,535 tests conducted on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, and bring the nu...
DATE: Jul 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Punishing heat came yesterday with a particularly long queue for travellers outside the coronavirus testing clinic in Hamilton.
The line of hundreds leading to the Perot Post Office on Queen Street wound around the library and stretched across the a...
DATE: Jul 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Government has set up a mobile vaccination centre this morning at the Washington Mall for those seeking to be immunised from the Covid-19 virus.
Medics will be stationed behind Gibbons Home Store and across from Gold Standard from 10am until 2pm.
A h...
DATE: Jul 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Campaigners opposed to Covid-19 public safety measures will be holding a protest on the grounds of the Cabinet office this evening.
Describing the event as a “worldwide rally for freedom”, pressure group Bermuda Freedom Alliance said the demonstratio...
DATE: Jul 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Bermuda’s public health emergency has been rolled forward to the end of September after MPs yesterday approved a fourth extension order allowing a wide range of restrictions in the event of a resurgence of coronavirus cases.
But the Opposition called...
DATE: Jul 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Visitation requirements at the hospital have been relaxed after a decline in active Covid-19 cases on the island.
Wesley Miller, the Bermuda Hospital’s Board’s chief of staff, said that the board was “pleased” to allow more visitation – but that it s...
DATE: Jul 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Hospital staff will get free admission to an online conference on breast and ovarian cancer coming today.
The Pink and Teal virtual conference will showcase “leading specialists on the latest and cutting edge advances on the treatment and prevention ...
DATE: Jul 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Bermuda Hospitals Board is offering breast ultrasound for people with dense breast tissue in order to track down cancers in their early stages.
BHB provided the service to its first patients last week after acquiring an automated breast ultrasoun...
DATE: Jul 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
An Opposition MP has called for the Government to launch a fresh campaign to revive the vaccination programme.
Michael Dunkley, the Opposition spokesman for health and national security, made the call last night after new statistics showed the numbe...
DATE: Jul 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan