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A Supreme Court bid for a temporary block on the introduction of a controversial Covid-19 regulation to force non-vaccinated residents who returned from overseas to pay for quarantine in a hotel was rejected yesterday.
Chief Justice Narinder Hargun s...
DATE: Jun 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Children aged from 12 to 15 can now be vaccinated against Covid-19, the Ministry of Health confirmed.
The announcement was made this afternoon after a similar ruling by the UK health regulator.
Kim Wilson, the health minister, said: “I encourage pare...
DATE: Jun 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The island yesterday notched up seven days without a coronavirus case.
A total of 1,210 test results came back to health officials and all were negative.
The number of active infections dropped to ten after seven people recovered.
They were the islan...
DATE: Jun 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A nursery has defended its decision to impose stricter Covid-19 travel rules than those recommended by the government.
Victoria Cunningham, owner of Bright Beginnings Nursery and Preschool in Pembroke, defended the nursery’s travel policy requiring ...
DATE: Jun 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Bermuda’s supplies of coronavirus vaccine are nearing their end, with just 220 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine left, it was revealed last night.
But Kim Wilson, the health minister, said 5,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine remained in stock – enough f...
DATE: Jun 04, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
More than 80 people at long-term care homes have tested positive for the coronavirus since the start of the pandemic – including seven unvaccinated seniors who died.
Statistics released by the Ministry of Health revealed that 28 staff and 56 seniors ...
DATE: Jun 03, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
There were no positive coronavirus cases for the sixth day, in a row, the health minister said tonight.
Kim Wilson told the government’s weekly press conference that there had been 1,226 tests over the last 24 hours. There were two recoveries, meani...
DATE: Jun 03, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
No new cases of coronavirus have been found in Bermuda for the fifth day in a row, it was announced last night.
There were no positive results among 1,679 tests that came back to health officials.
The last infections logged were three cases on May 28...
DATE: Jun 03, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Hamilton Princess has set up a pop-up vaccination clinic this week – and the hotel has offered incentives to people who want to get the jab.
A spokeswoman for the Hamilton Princess & Beach Club said the hotel’s Princess Ballroom was transformed i...
DATE: Jun 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
More than 500 thank you cards were today presented to nurses for their work on the Covid-19 front line.
Schoolchildren, businesses and social services agencies worked during May – Nurses’ Month – to create many of the cards, which were handed over by...
DATE: Jun 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan