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Eighteen people have tested positive for Covid-19, out of 1,208 results since the Government’s last update, it was revealed tonight.
Two of the new cases were imported, from travellers who tested positive on arrival.
Both came on Delta flights from A...
DATE: Dec 16, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Buses are to resume daily service tomorrow, according to the Department of Public Transportation.
It followed the suspension of service on Friday after an employee in the DPT tested positive for the coronavirus.
The announcement today came after an a...
DATE: Dec 16, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Younger pupils at Somersfield Academy switched to remote learning today after a possible exposure at the school to someone who tested positive for the coronavirus.
They joined secondary students who moved to virtual classes at the beginning of this w...
DATE: Dec 16, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
An insurance company has closed its doors to walk-in customers after two staff members tested positive for the coronavirus.
CG Insurance’s Reid Street office will be shut until December 29.
A spokeswoman said: “It has come to our attention that two C...
DATE: Dec 16, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A crew member from a British Airways flight was among 11 new cases of Covid-19 reported last night by the Ministry of Health.
The BA crew member was one of three cases that came in from overseas.
The other two were residents, one of whom arrived on ...
DATE: Dec 16, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A new strain of the coronavirus linked to increases in Covid-19 has appeared in Britain.
But Carika Weldon, a Bermudian genetics researcher on the front line of the island’s fight against Covid-19, said it was unlikely to be linked with the recent su...
DATE: Dec 16, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The WeHealth Bermuda app designed to help coronavirus tracing will not undermine civil liberties, the Privacy Commissioner has promised.
Alexander White said: “Bermudians can feel confident in WeHealth Bermuda as an example of trust being earned.
“M...
DATE: Dec 16, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
The urgent care clinic in St. David’s will halve its weekday opening hours from the start of next week.
The Lamb Foggo Urgent Care Centre sees patients between 12pm and 8pm.
But the centre will open at 4pm during the week from next Monday.
X-ray serv...
DATE: Dec 15, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Another 25 coronavirus cases were found in the latest test results that came back to health officials, it was revealed last night.
Kim Wilson, the health minister, added that the seven-day average of the virus’ real-time reproduction number had reach...
DATE: Dec 15, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Somersfield Academy senior department students today moved to remote learning due to the Island-wide surge in Covid-19 cases.
Somersfield principal Carlos Symonds said in a message to parents and students over the weekend that the increase in cases ...
DATE: Dec 14, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Bill Zuill