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A nurse who had both doses of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine said yesterday that side-effects were a sign that the body’s immune system had worked.
Dunae Richards also appealed to Black people to sign up for the jab and insisted that there was “a level ...
DATE: Feb 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A single coronavirus case was recorded yesterday after 1,458 test results came back to health officials.
A health ministry spokeswoman said the new case was an on-island transmission with a known contact.
She added four people had recovered since the...
DATE: Feb 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A Bermuda charity will soon be able to accept online donations after a $2,500 grant from Clarien Bank.
Grainne Richmond, the treasurer of Action on Alzheimer’s & Dementia Bermuda said the cash from Clarien would help the charity revamp its website – ...
DATE: Feb 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Employers should talk to their staff if they planned to introduce Covid-19 vaccination policies, a lawyer said yesterday.
Gambrill Robinson, an associate lawyer at Canterbury Law, highlighted that the type and size of a business could be taken into a...
DATE: Feb 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Non-residents who were given the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine despite not being eligible will get the second shot, the Government said today.
Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health, said: “There were only a few, and two persons are long term visito...
DATE: Feb 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda’s first Covid-19 vaccination centre at Prospect is to close tomorrow, it was revealed last night.
Anyone scheduled for a vaccination appointment at Prospect after Saturday – either the first or second dose – was told to go to the Bermuda Coll...
DATE: Feb 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Bermuda’s first Covid-19 vaccination centre is to close on Saturday, it was revealed tonight.
The Ministry of Health said the Prospect site would close as it was reported that a Bermuda College clinic, announced this week after a second centre opened...
DATE: Feb 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Environmental group Greenrock has called on the community to have its final say on the deployment of 5G technology in Bermuda in the face of uncertainty over its safety.
The Regulatory Authority announced on Monday night that the moratorium imposed ...
DATE: Feb 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
An automated process to schedule Covid-19 vaccinations resulted in appointments for “some people” who were not in a target group, a Government spokeswoman said.
She admitted that others “missed out” despite being among those for whom bookings were in...
DATE: Feb 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A longstanding thrift shop has grown into a popular lifeline for children’s charity the Committee of 25.
Among the group’s goals for this year is boosting the turnover of stock at its Bargain Box store on Serpentine Road in Pembroke.
Jackie MacLellan...
DATE: Feb 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
