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Residents were urged to remember the importance of kindness as mental health awareness campaigns took place in other countries.
The Bermuda Mental Health Foundation said that stress levels had increased for everyone because of the coronavirus crisis....
DATE: May 21, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
People are being informed of coronavirus antibody results within 48 hours of testing, after the Government’s policy was altered.
The test, one of several types of test available, flags up the immune markers showing that a person has been exposed to t...
DATE: May 21, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
No new cases of Covid-19 were found in the last set of test results returned yesterday, the health ministry said.
A total of 156 test results were received, all of which were clear of the novel coronavirus.
A health ministry spokeswoman said that t...
DATE: May 20, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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The Bank of Bermuda Foundation has handed out a total of $132,500 to support pandemic emergency services, it said today.
The charitable foundation has backed food programmes, the provision of emergency shelter, mental health services, medicine delive...
DATE: May 20, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Businesses hoping to reopen in the second phase of the island’s return to normality were asked to send any requests for information about maximum occupancy levels by e-mail.
A plea from the Bermuda Fire and Rescue Service came after David Burt, the P...
DATE: May 19, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
The number of emergency calls involving people with dementia has risen during the Covid-19 crisis, a charity for sufferers and their caregivers has warned.
Action on Alzheimer’s and Dementia, which has stopped its usual programmes for the “foreseeabl...
DATE: May 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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Action on Alzheimer’s and Dementia gives the following tips for helping loved ones with memory problems cope during the pandemic:
• If you feel it won’t cause unnecessary worry, try providing newspaper articles or watching daily news briefings toget...
DATE: May 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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The Bermuda Post Office is seeking alternative routes for international mail, which has been halted by the Covid-19 pandemic.
A spokeswoman this afternoon said the BPO was “working diligently” with partners overseas, including the United States and B...
DATE: May 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Residents were invited to help record the island’s generosity during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Association of Fundraising Professionals Bermuda Chapter said it supported a project designed to “track the philanthropic response” to the coronavirus cri...
DATE: May 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A man in need of an operation that can be done overseas only said yesterday he feared he may lose a limb because of Covid-19 travel restrictions.
He said: “There’s a time limit or I’m going to end up losing my leg.”
But the man said that he had been...
DATE: May 16, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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