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A teenager has called for shade to be installed outside a Covid-19 testing site after she fainted in the heat and suffered facial injuries - and a medical bill of almost $3,000.
Celena Pires, 18, from Germany, flew to Bermuda last week on vacation a...
DATE: Jul 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Royal Gazette asked the public to tell us who their ‘Covid Hero’ was during the pandemic.
Many shared stories about people who inspired them or helped them get through the hardships faced for almost 18 months.
Although we received countless n...
DATE: Jul 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A nurse who helped manage a coronavirus outbreak in a nursing home while recovering from cancer surgery said he stayed committed because he knew he was needed.
Darren Hunnicutt, 38, worked at the Matilda Smith Williams Nursing Home last year after ev...
DATE: Jul 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
The Opposition is calling on Government to enforce mandatory supervised quarantine laws following a series of incidents at the airport this week.
Michael Dunkley, the One Bermuda Alliance spokesman for national security, pointed out that the party op...
DATE: Jul 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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Bermuda has one of the best Covid-19 testing regimes in the world, according to the Premier.
David Burt added that countries were following Bermuda as a model to improve their own testing rates.
Mr Burt was speaking at the official opening of a new p...
DATE: Jul 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
An opponent of mandatory quarantine was allowed to quarantine at home with a monitoring bracelet yesterday after the Government said he fell into an exempted category.
But Antonio Belvedere claimed on social media that he did not pay for or complete ...
DATE: Jul 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The doctor running Government’s Covid-19 testing facility has provided details of how vaccinations can dramatically reduce the spread of the disease.
Carika Weldon, who heads the department of health’s Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory, also explained...
DATE: Jul 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Government has consistently fallen short on addressing long-term care for seniors, the executive director of Age Concern Bermuda charged this week.
Claudette Fleming spoke after the continued shortage of hospital beds at King Edward VII Memorial Hosp...
DATE: Jul 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The couple at the centre of the storm over mandatory quarantine will appear in Magistrates’ Court this morning as police last night warned that anyone refusing to adhere to mandatory supervised quarantine rules will be “detained, arrested and prosecu...
DATE: Jul 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
More than 87 per cent of the population would need to be vaccinated in order to achieve herd immunity from Covid-19 variants, according to a government scientist.
Carika Weldon made the recommendation in an affidavit last month after a number of posi...
DATE: Jul 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan