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Bermuda’s strict rules to combat Covid-19 have been highlighted by the editor of a US business newspaper on a visit to the island.
Sharon Fisher of the Idaho Business Review, a weekly newspaper based in the state capitol of Boise, gave the island top...
DATE: Feb 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Black people are more likely to die from Covid-19 than White people if present vaccination trends continue, the Premier warned last night.
David Burt made the stark prediction as he confirmed that vaccination rates among the Black population “signifi...
DATE: Feb 06, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Staff shortages resulted in long delays at the Government’s Covid-19 vaccination centre yesterday, while the vaccine hotline was affected by technical difficulties after being swamped with calls.
The online vaccination registration form has been take...
DATE: Feb 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A broadcaster has defended repeated airings of an American doctor’s criticism of the coronavirus vaccine.
Glenn Blakeney, the owner of Inter-Island Communications and a former Progressive Labour Party Cabinet minister, said yesterday that his station...
DATE: Feb 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A wealthy casino executive who allegedly flew into a remote Canadian territory with his wife and posed as a local motel worker to get the Covid-19 vaccine is a director of a company in Bermuda.
Rodney Baker and his wife Ekaterina made global headline...
DATE: Feb 04, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A survey to canvass public opinion on the future of the Bermuda Hospitals Board was launched today.
BHB management said the results would be used to help draw up its next five-year plan.
Dr Michael Richmond, the chief executive and president of the B...
DATE: Feb 04, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
More than 200 people have now received a second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, giving them almost full protection against the virus.
And the Government is now looking to broaden its vaccination programme to other sections of society following the arri...
DATE: Feb 04, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
More than 5,000 people had been vaccinated for the coronavirus by last night, the Premier, David Burt, announced.
But the island’s curfew from midnight to 6am is to remain in effect at least a further two weeks.
Speaking at the Covid-19 press confere...
DATE: Feb 03, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A leader at the island’s psychiatric hospital has taken on an extra role of acting chief operating officer at the Bermuda Hospitals Board.
Preston Swan has been vice president of clinical operations at the Mid Atlantic Wellness Institute for three ye...
DATE: Feb 03, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The Premier overcame his fear of needles last night to get his second and last Covid-19 vaccine jab.
David Burt said that everyone had a responsibility to get protection from the virus if they were able to.
Mr Burt said that, vaccination was an indiv...
DATE: Feb 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan