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Five care homes have recorded cases of Covid-19, the health minister revealed last night.
Kim Wilson confirmed that three new cases reported on Wednesday were all residents in separate care homes.
Outbreaks of the virus were earlier confirmed at West...
DATE: May 09, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
New cases of Covid-19 have been found in Bermuda’s care homes, the Government has revealed.
Kim Wilson, the health minister, said that a total of 44 cases of the virus had been detected after tests at care homes — three more than on Monday.
It was no...
DATE: May 08, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A student spent weeks in quarantine and lockdown as part of an international team that designed an online tool to track potential cases of Covid-19.
Gabe Jones, who is studying computer science at the University of Edinburgh, teamed up with Lee McArt...
DATE: May 08, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Public health experts have still to calculate the reproductive rate of Covid-19 on the island, the Minister of Health has said.
Kim Wilson was asked by The Royal Gazette if she could share the R0, or R-nought, a value that represents the number of ne...
DATE: May 08, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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A staff member at a cancer charity has gone into self-quarantine in the wake of ignoring Covid-19 social-distancing rules for a group photograph on a beach after they were reopened last weekend.
Lynne Woolridge, the chief executive of the Bermuda Can...
DATE: May 07, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The public were warned yesterday to wear face masks outside as the number of Covid-19 cases increased.
Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health, said three new cases were identified among 195 test results that came back yesterday, bringing the total number...
DATE: May 07, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The biochemist in charge of the main coronavirus screening laboratory said last night the tests used on the island were “very sensitive”.
Carika Weldon added the key to a reduction in false results was to get the right sample from patients.
Dr Weldon...
DATE: May 07, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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Bus and ferry services will not return to the island until proper physical distancing measures are in place on vehicles, the Government said yesterday.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Tourism and Transport said that a team was “working to resume publ...
DATE: May 07, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
More than 100 new Covid-19 tests revealed no additional cases of the virus, the Ministry of Health said last night.
A spokeswoman for the ministry said 104 results were received yesterday, but none were positive.
The results mean the number of Covid-...
DATE: May 06, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The laboratory where Bermuda’s first on-island Covid-19 testing was carried out is expected to have its government contract changed.
Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health, said that the arrangement with Helix Genetic and Scientific Solutions would be “r...
DATE: May 06, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter