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The island today recorded six new cases of Covid-19, the health ministry said tonight.
The positive results were among 170 results that came back to officials.
The new infections brought the total number of cases to 139.
Kim Wilson, the health minist...
DATE: May 26, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Five new cases of Covid-19 were among 229 test results that came back on Saturday, the health ministry said.
A spokeswoman for the ministry said that the total number of confirmed cases stood at 133.
She added there were 43 active cases of the diseas...
DATE: May 25, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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More than 1,000 people in Bermuda have taken a test to find out if they have antibodies to the novel coronavirus, with less than 3 per cent getting a positive result.
The Ministry of Health said yesterday the low figure was consistent with Bermuda ha...
DATE: May 25, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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Advice from health officials to diabetics to properly manage the disease over the Covid-19 pandemic could be “unrealistic”, a doctor has warned.
Annabel Fountain, an endocrinologist and diabetes specialist, said that the Government’s list of “extreme...
DATE: May 23, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Three new cases of Covid-19 were discovered at a rest home, test results released last night revealed.
The health ministry said that “public health action” was under way to “contain and manage the situation” at the rest home.
The latest three cases —...
DATE: May 23, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Saliva tests for Covid-19 could be introduced in the next few weeks, MPs heard yesterday.
David Burt, the Premier, said that he hoped the procedure — less complicated than present methods — would be operational “as quickly as possible”.
He told a vir...
DATE: May 23, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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Bermuda has been spared a spike in deaths during the coronavirus crisis — unlike some other countries.
There has been an increase in mortality rates, well above official counts of Covid-19 deaths, reported in other countries.
Italy, one of the world’...
DATE: May 23, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
More than 90 per cent of people in a poll said that the Government had handled the Covid-19 crisis well, it was revealed yesterday.
A survey by Total Research Associates and Narrative Research found that 92 per cent of people they talked to were sati...
DATE: May 22, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Government is considering expanding Bermuda’s potential for farming and fishing, Walter Roban told the House of Assembly today.
A study will be carried out on opportunities for “under produced but locally desired produce”, while the Government wi...
DATE: May 22, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A long-term care unit at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital has been locked down after a patient and a staff member tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
Health minister Kim Wilson told a press conference yesterday that a staff member on Gord...
DATE: May 21, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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