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The Bermuda Hospitals Board has announced that more visitors will be allowed to see patients from today.
A spokeswoman said that the increase for acute and long term care wards came after “the return to a lower prevalence of Covid-19 on the island.
S...
DATE: Jan 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
More than 10,000 people have registered their interest in vaccination against the coronavirus, the health minister revealed last night.
White people outnumbered Black people in getting vaccinated, with 5,430 White, 1,534 Black, 889 mixed race and 2,...
DATE: Jan 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The island’s second vaccination centre opened yesterday morning at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital’s former emergency room.
The new centre, which had 150 appointments scheduled yesterday, can provide up to 200 vaccinations a day.
It will boost ...
DATE: Jan 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The number of active Covid-19 cases dropped to the lowest level since November, the health ministry revealed last night.
No new Covid-19 cases were recorded yesterday, and the number of active cases fell to 34 after 12 people recovered. That was the...
DATE: Jan 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Covid-19 jab may soon be available at general practitioners’ surgeries in a bid to speed up the vaccination process, the Government has revealed.
A health ministry spokeswoman said last night that the Government was exploring all avenues to make ...
DATE: Jan 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
No new coronavirus infections were logged today, health officials have revealed.
They were speaking after 601 tests came back to the health ministry and all were clear.
The spokeswoman added that people scheduled to get a coronavirus test at the Pero...
DATE: Jan 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Bermuda’s Covid-19 status has been upgraded from “clusters of cases” to “sporadic cases” by the Pan American Health Organisation, it was revealed last night.
Kim Wilson, the health minister, said the change was “good news for Bermuda and represents t...
DATE: Jan 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Just 14 per cent of people registered to receive the Covid-19 vaccine are from the Black community, the Government has revealed.
Commenting on the startling statistic, David Burt, the Premier, acknowledged that the Government must do more to target ...
DATE: Jan 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Almost 8,000 people have registered their interest in being vaccinated, the health minister revealed tonight.
Kim Wilson made the announcement as it was reported that no new cases of Covid-19 were reported today and the number of active cases had ...
DATE: Jan 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Another 19,500 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine will arrive in Bermuda next week, the Premier, David Burt revealed last night.
The fresh supplies from the UK mean that almost a third of the island’s population could be vaccinated against the virus by th...
DATE: Jan 20, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan