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Nurses were thanked for their dedication yesterday by the union that represents the health sector.
Kevin Grant, the general secretary designate of the Bermuda Public Service Union, said the Covid-19 pandemic made the work of nurses’ more important th...
DATE: May 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
“Limited visitation” will be allowed from Sunday for acute care and long term care patients at the island’s hospitals.
Bermuda Hospitals Board announced the move as the island’s coronavirus cases dropped enough to relax restrictions.
Two visitors can...
DATE: May 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Butterfield Banking centres in Hamilton, Somerset, and St George's will all remain open, but with the same reduced hours of 9am to 1pm after Covid restrictions are relaxed on Sunday, the bank said today.
A spokeswoman said: “With the recent announcem...
DATE: May 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Bermuda will move into phase 2 on its road map to recovery this weekend, the health minister revealed last night.
Kim Wilson said Bermuda’s health indicators for the latest coronavirus outbreak were “moving in the right direction” and the recent clam...
DATE: May 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Details of the supervised quarantine programme for non-immunised travellers were revealed last night.
David Burt, the Premier, gave a grim warning on the “very significant and detrimental consequences for the entire country” if travellers with the co...
DATE: May 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
More than $4m has been paid out to thousands of workers in unemployment benefits since a fresh round of pandemic restrictions were imposed last December, the Premier revealed last night.
David Burt added the finance ministry was aware of delays in p...
DATE: May 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Children aged 17 and under who travel to Bermuda will not have to have had Covid-19 vaccine or quarantine – as long as all adults in their travelling group are vaccinated.
The rules, posted online by the Bermuda Tourism Authority, will remain in forc...
DATE: May 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Department of Education will run a series of online town hall meetings next week to teach parents about the coronavirus saliva test programme.
Diallo Rabain, the Minister of Education, said the programme was designed to help control the spread of...
DATE: May 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Law student Aisling Gorman was preparing for the last of her examinations of the Fall term when she started to experience the first symptoms of Covid-19. Months later, she is still feeling the effects of its related ailment, Long Covid.
Not everyone ...
DATE: May 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
A disabilities campaigner has teamed up with a specialist security business and the Government to offer GPS devices at a discount for seniors with memory problems and people with disabilities.
LaKiesha Wolffe, of the Disability Centre of Bermuda, Inv...
DATE: May 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell