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A seventh Bermuda Hospitals Board staff member has tested positive for the coronavirus, it has been confirmed.
The staff member was one of two new cases identified by Government yesterday.
A BHB spokeswoman said: “One of the cases reported by Governm...
DATE: Nov 26, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Two more coronavirus cases have been identified and, separately, children from a fourth school were told to quarantine, it emerged yesterday.
Diallo Rabain, the Minister of Education, said that the Primary 5 class of West End Primary was asked to sta...
DATE: Nov 26, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The Premier highlighted his frustration last night after a baby contracted the coronavirus because people failed to follow precautions at a workplace.
David Burt was speaking after Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health, reported that there were four cor...
DATE: Nov 25, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Two new cases of the coronavirus were identified in 560 test results received by the Ministry of Health yesterday.
One case was brought to Bermuda from overseas and the other was linked to a workplace cluster.
Kim Wilson, the health minister, asked e...
DATE: Nov 25, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
CG Insurance – formerly known as Colonial Insurance – has closed its Reid Street office for the remainder of the week after an employee was in contact with someone who tested positive for coronavirus.
In a statement this morning, CG said it would re-...
DATE: Nov 25, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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Six Bermuda Hospitals Board staff members have tested positive for the coronavirus, it was revealed yesterday.
A spokeswoman said that the group worked in a non-clinical department.
She added: “BHB’s employee health services department is working clo...
DATE: Nov 25, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A total of eight new cases of the coronavirus were identified over the weekend and all but one had no link to travel, the Minister of Health revealed last night.
Kim Wilson said the positive test results were among 2,044 that came back to health offi...
DATE: Nov 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Children and staff at a total of three schools and a nursery have been told to quarantine out of an “abundance of caution” over the coronavirus, the Government said last night.
Primary two pupils and some teachers at St George’s Preparatory School w...
DATE: Nov 23, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Saltus Grammar School lower primary pupils will have to quarantine after a youngster in Year 1 was in contact with a person who tested positive for the coronavirus, the health department revealed today.
Deryn Lavell, the head of school, told parents ...
DATE: Nov 20, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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The former chief executive of the Bermuda Health Council has settled her court battle against her ex-employer.
Counsel for the BHeC told the Court of Appeal yesterday that a settlement had been reached with Tawanna Wedderburn, who had launched a cour...
DATE: Nov 20, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell