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Visitors to Bermuda will be required to have a negative coronavirus test no more than five days before their departure to Bermuda, health minister Kim Wilson said tonight.
Non-residents were earlier required to have a negative test inside seven days ...
DATE: Nov 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A shortage of flu vaccinations happened despite 5,600 doses being ordered – an increase of 1,400 on a normal year, the Department of Health has revealed.
But a spokeswoman for the department said officials were working to get another 2,000 vaccinatio...
DATE: Nov 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A dental practice is to provide free care to people in need next week.
Coral Dental, based in Hamilton, will run its Give Back a Smile Day because of Covid-19 restrictions, which has prevented its usual free visits to rest homes.
Carmen Rabain, a par...
DATE: Nov 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A visitor has tested positive for the coronavirus on their day eight test - which brought the number of active cases on the island to 25.
The news yesterday came as a second global pharmaceutical company, Moderna, reported that an experimental Covid...
DATE: Nov 17, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
People with special needs will be able to ride more safely at Windreach thanks to a donation from another charity.
The Committee of 25, whose mission is to support children with medical and/or special needs donated an unspecified amount of money fun...
DATE: Nov 16, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Bill Zuill
An integrated service model for healthcare is expected to reduce duplication and increase efficiency, the health minister said today.
Kim Wilson added that the plan to create universal health coverage would develop over “a number of years”.
She told ...
DATE: Nov 13, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Health administrators are being forced to drive down costs at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital in a bid to keep it up and running.
The Bermuda Hospitals Board 's top accountant warned that healthcare provision will not be "viable" unless further...
DATE: Nov 12, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A vaccine for Covid-19 could be available to Bermuda as early as next month, the health minister has revealed.
Kim Wilson said the UK had pledged to share some of its stock of vaccinations for the illness with its Overseas Territories when they beca...
DATE: Nov 11, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Two more passengers from a British Airways flight have tested positive for the coronavirus, the Government said today.
The new victims brought the total number of confirmed cases after the October 27 arrival from London to ten.
They were the only po...
DATE: Nov 06, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Standardised fees helped to deliver a cut in the spend on hospital services from 2017 to 2018, the Bermuda Health Council said today.
Tiara Carlington, a project manager for public health research and programmes, said the change was a significant fin...
DATE: Nov 06, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter