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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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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