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David Burt said last night that he directed health officials to test everyone at the island’s largest nursing home as soon as the first case of Covid-19 was found there, but that “regrettably” it didn’t happen. The Premier was responding to questions...

Civil servants will not agree to austerity measures until there is a clear plan for the economy, the head of the island’s white collar union warned last night. Armell Thomas, the president of the Bermuda Public Services Union, highlighted the crucial...

March 24: Health officials meet with care home directors to discuss ways that care homes can protect seniors from Covid-19. Measures discussed include banning visitors, boosting cleaning and emergency plans if residents are infected. April 8: a seni...

Ten more cases of Covid-19 were identified yesterday at the island’s biggest care home. The diagnoses took the number of cases confirmed at the Westmeath Residential and Nursing Home in Pembroke to 13 — 11 residents and two staff. That number is exp...

Bermuda has recorded its sixth Covid-19 related death, the Premier confirmed this evening. The victim was understood to be a resident at the Westmeath Residential and Nursing Home, where 11 residents and two staff members have previously been confirm...

People on two-week quarantine in Government centres will have to spend 14 extra days in isolation if they test positive for the coronavirus. The order, which came into force on Tuesday, said: “A person placed in quarantine under the Quarantine (Inco...

Almost $30,000 worth of mobile phone services has been donated to about 200 soldiers called up to battle the spread of Covid-19. Digicel and One Communications explained the donations were made to Royal Bermuda Regiment troops to show appreciation of...

The head of the Bermuda Medical Doctors Association has thanked the private sector for its support during the Covid-19 crisis. Henry Dowling, the president of the BMDA, noted that the sector had helped out when the Government and the Bermuda Hospital...

The worried daughter of a resident in a care home at the centre of a Covid-19 outbreak last night questioned why strict social-distancing was enforced only after a second staff member tested positive for the disease last week. The woman said she spok...

People who attend the hospital’s emergency department are not tested for the coronavirus, the Chief of Emergency has said. Chikezie Dean Okereke outlined Bermuda Hospitals Board procedures after a family questioned why an elderly relative treated in ...