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⋅ Ivermectin is an anti-parasitic drug approved by the Food and Drug Administration in the United States to treat tropical diseases and scabies. It is not FDA-approved for the treatment or prevention of Covid-19, but the agency has given special “com...
DATE: May 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Bermuda’s vaccination certificates were not designed for use on the island, but were issued for “foreign travel, education, or medical treatment”, the Ministry of Health said yesterday.
A ministry spokeswoman added there was no on-island use for the ...
DATE: May 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
An insurance firm is to give away health goodie bags to people who have been vaccinated against Covid-19.
CG Insurance said the move was designed to thank people who had got the jabs.
Beth Frazier, CG’s chief operating officer for health, said: “This...
DATE: May 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
The number of active coronavirus cases has dropped again as three days of test results revealed 11 new infections, it was announced last night.
Health officials said the new cases were among 3,359 test results from last Thursday, Friday and Saturday....
DATE: May 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
More than 100 people yesterday took part in a second car rally protesting against the Government’s Covid-19 regulations.
Cars and bikes gathered outside Bernard Park for the start of the rally, which was significantly smaller than the first protes...
DATE: May 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Government intends to launch a “Covid safe key” programme to open up opportunities for those who have been vaccinated or recently tested negative for Covid-19.
A Government spokeswoman confirmed tonight that a pilot programme had been launched, and t...
DATE: May 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda’s position on Britain’s “amber list” of Covid-19 travel restrictions is “not surprising” in light of the island’s current designation of community transmission for the virus, the Premier said.
But David Burt said he was “confident” that a rev...
DATE: May 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
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