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A more contagious strain of the coronavirus that has spread into the island’s schools came as a result of the “poor behaviour of adults”, MPs heard this morning.
Diallo Rabain, the education minister, addressed the House of Assembly on moves taken o...
DATE: Mar 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Students at Somersfield Academy will move into remote learning from Monday, according to a letter to parents from the Principal.
Somersfield principal Carlos Symonds said in the letter that the school has not had a positive case but added: “With the ...
DATE: Mar 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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The number of active cases of Covid-19 has jumped to 184 as the Ministry of Health last night confirmed another 34 cases of the virus in Bermuda.
The new cases – from among 1,191 test results received by the Ministry – included one case imported by a...
DATE: Mar 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Two new test centres for the coronavirus have been added by the Ministry of Health for next week.
The pop-up locations are at the Transport Control Department in Pembroke and the Horseshoe Bay Beach car park in Southampton.
TCD can be used at the out...
DATE: Mar 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A batch of Covid-19 vaccines was left to defrost for longer than recommended before being given to 41 people earlier this month.
Chief Medical Officer Ayoola Oyinloye sent a letter yesterday to those who received the shot at Bermuda College on the ev...
DATE: Mar 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
Professional services firm KPMG has closed its offices until further notice after two people tested positive for Covid-19, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
A KPMG spokeswoman confirmed this afternoon that the firm sent staff home on Monday after the Min...
DATE: Mar 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Bermuda’s hospitals are surviving from pay cheque to pay cheque, with no financial reserves to cover unexpected emergency costs.
The Bermuda Hospitals Board has even had to arrange a bank overdraft as a back-up should it need extra cash in an unfore...
DATE: Mar 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A charity for autistic children yesterday announced a host of events to highlight April as Autism Awareness Month.
Tomorrow’s Voices plans to hold five fundraisers and campaign events, some of them online, from Friday and running into April.
Thea Fur...
DATE: Mar 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Another 40 cases of Covid-19 were confirmed last night after the latest round of testing.
The Ministry of Health announced that the new cases were found among 1,197 new test results.
Nine of the new cases were imported, while 21 were the result of lo...
DATE: Mar 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Ministry of Education will not yet make public the number of submissions it received in the consultation on education reform.
A ministry spokeswoman said that such information will only be released when a report currently being compiled that wil...
DATE: Mar 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan