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Police will be able to shut licensed premises for 24 hours if they breach Covid-19 regulations.
A police spokesman said the Public Health (Covid-19 Emergency Powers) Amendment (No 3) Regulations were amended last week to introduce the new powers.
He ...
DATE: Aug 11, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A single case of Covid-19 was logged out of 1,211 test results for the illness that came back between Sunday and yesterday.
The Ministry of Health said the case came in on the Delta Air Lines flight from Atlanta last Monday.
The returned resident had...
DATE: Aug 11, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda is “one of the safest destinations on the planet” in the Covid-19 pandemic, the new United States Consul General said yesterday.
Lee Rizzuto, who took up the post last month, said the island’s test regime for the novel coronavirus was “effect...
DATE: Aug 10, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A single case of the coronavirus was reported on Saturday, the Ministry of Health said.
A ministry spokeswoman said the case arrived on Friday’s Delta Air Lines flight from Atlanta and was among 774 test results that came back yesterday. The rest wer...
DATE: Aug 10, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
More than 500 coronavirus test results came back clear yesterday, the health ministry said last night.
News of the 501 tests meant that the number of confirmed cases remained at 157.
There are four active cases, all monitored by public health officia...
DATE: Aug 08, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
The Bermuda Government took steps last night to correct an erroneous classification of the island’s Covid-19 risk status by the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention.
The Government said that the CDC has classified Bermuda’s Covid-19 risk sta...
DATE: Aug 07, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A permanent Covid-19 testing site for travellers opened in Hamilton yesterday at the Perot Post Office on Queen Street.
The announcement by Kim Wilson, the health minister, came as 734 new test results for coronavirus came back clear.
Ms Wilson thank...
DATE: Aug 06, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
New medical equipment that doubles the hospital’s oxygen capacity will save lives should Bermuda face a second surge of Covid-19 patients, the hospital’s chief executive said today.
Bermuda Hospitals Board switched on its new oxygenator, and thanked ...
DATE: Aug 06, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
The Ministry of Health received 721 test results yesterday, none of which were positive for Covid-19.
Bermuda has 157 total confirmed positive cases.
There were four active cases under active public health monitoring yesterday.
No one was in hospita...
DATE: Aug 05, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Visiting capability has been increased at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital for acute care patients because of the sustained low prevalence of Covid-19 in Bermuda.
Bermuda Hospitals Board announced that visits will be allowed over increased hours fro...
DATE: Aug 03, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan