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More than 131 people received their first Covid-19 vaccine at Victor Scott Primary School today as part of the Close to Home mobile vaccination programme.
A Government spokeswoman said 143 people received the vaccine, including 12 receiving their sec...
DATE: May 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A total of four new coronavirus cases were reported tonight.
The infections were among 946 test results that came back to health officials today – a positivity rate of 0.4 per cent.
There were three cases classed as on-island transmissions with know...
DATE: May 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Almost $1 million was paid to a company owned by the Government’s chief fintech adviser for technology to help tackle the coronavirus crisis.
The news was revealed in a list of health ministry spending on coronavirus-related contracts.
A notice publi...
DATE: May 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
The death toll from Covid-19 has risen to 32, it was revealed last night.
The grim news came as active Covid-19 cases dropped below 200 for the first time since March.
David Burt, the Premier, offered condolences to the “two who passed away since our...
DATE: May 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Ashley Cassidy was gearing up for the continued expansion of her business 18 months ago.
She built the operation over eight years from a single employee operation and one vehicle to one of Bermuda’s best known tour businesses with ten staff and a fle...
DATE: May 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
Bermuda Hospitals Board this week performed 3D mammograms for the first time this week.
BHB upgraded its digital mammography unit to provide an imaging test that combines multiple X-rays to create a three-dimensional picture of the breast.
Renee Butt...
DATE: May 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The number of active Covid-19 cases has dropped by almost 700 in less than a month, new figures released last night show.
Latest figures show that there were just six new cases out of 1,229 test results meaning the island now has 208 active cases. A...
DATE: May 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A Bermudian nurse working on the Covid frontline in Washington DC has been recognised as being one of the top 50 nurses in the US capital.
The Washingtonian magazine highlighted Davon Adams, 31, among 50 nurses in the area as part of an Excellenc...
DATE: May 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda’s nurses were saluted yesterday in recognition of their life-saving service during the coronavirus pandemic.
International Nurses Week was marked by the Bermuda Nurses Association in a ceremony at City Hall with Kim Wilson, the health minist...
DATE: May 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A doctor warned last night that unvaccinated people run the risk of becoming the “vessel in which a Bermuda variant” of Covid-19 is created.
Ramon Arscott, an expert in epidemiology and a plastic surgeon who appeared on a recent Covid-19 “mythbusters...
DATE: May 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell