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A personal trainer who runs fitness classes for seniors has moved her workouts online in the wake of Covid-19 state-of-emergency, shelter-in-place regulations.
Frances Smith, the director of Actively Aging has started to record weekly videos of her c...
DATE: Apr 09, 2020
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Health
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Most women due to give birth in hospital will still be able to have their partners at their side when they are in labour despite the Covid-19 crisis, it was revealed yesterday.
The Bermuda Hospitals Board said last night that — as long as fathers or ...
DATE: Apr 09, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Bermuda Hospitals Board (BHB) today announces that all 30 rooms of the Ace Barber Unit in the Acute Care Wing of King Edward VII Memorial Hospital have been converted to negative pressure rooms. This upgrade dramatically decreases the possibility of ...
DATE: Apr 09, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Press Release
A nature camp that went online as a way around coronavirus lockdown has been hailed as a success.
The Bermuda Zoological Society said using remote learning for its popular spring break camp would help the launch of a BZS online schools programme.
Jam...
DATE: Apr 08, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Opposition voiced thanks for a charter flight bringing residents home, as well as the Government’s call for landlords to the show compassion for tenants.
Craig Cannonier, the leader of the One Bermuda Alliance, thanked John Rankin, the Governor, ...
DATE: Apr 08, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A British Airways charter flight returned 129 people who had been stranded in Britain to the island yesterday.
The aircraft delivered passengers, including seniors and students, as well as 1,800 virus test kits and personal protection equipment for e...
DATE: Apr 07, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Social-media messages should be included in official documents as the island battles the Covid-19 crisis, the Information Commissioner said yesterday.
Gitanjali Gutierrez asked government officials to make sure that proper records were kept as peopl...
DATE: Apr 07, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Anxiety and depression cases have spiked after restrictions to contain Covid-19 were imposed, a therapy centre said.
Claudia Cobon, a senior clinical psychologist at the Solstice clinic, said she had “definitely” seen an increase in worry and anxiety...
DATE: Apr 07, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A church feeding programme will offer meal collection twice a week as the island grapples with the coronavirus crisis.
The Hamilton Seventh Day Adventist Church said that it had “a responsibility to be a continued light on a hill for those who are se...
DATE: Apr 07, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
The Government was asked today to make personal protective equipment available to all healthcare and other at-risk workers as the Bermuda Public Services Union marked World Health Day.
Linda Bogle Mienzer, the BPSU second vice-president, said that th...
DATE: Apr 07, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter