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A bank has joined forces with a hotel to prepare healthy meals to seniors and vulnerable Bermudians.
Butterfield Bank and The Loren Hotel at Pink Beach will launch a meal programme tomorrow that will provide 500 meals a day until at least April 30.
B...
DATE: Mar 31, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Test kits and protective equipment for essential workers are to be flown in from the UK soon, the Governor has said.
John Rankin explained yesterday that specialist gear, including personal protection equipment, had been allocated to Bermuda and othe...
DATE: Mar 31, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The Chief of Staff at the Bermuda Hospitals Board said that the community was the “first line of defence” against Covid-19, as he urged citizens to help stop the spread of the disease.
Michael Richmond told The Royal Gazette that a supply of N95 resp...
DATE: Mar 30, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A special bus service for hospital workers has been set up.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Tourism and Transport and the Department of Public Transportation said that the temporary schedule would service routes 1, 3, 6, 7, 8 and 11 every day and wo...
DATE: Mar 30, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
People struggling from alcoholism and drug addiction have been assured they will not have to “suffer in silence” during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Health experts have warned that those dependent on alcohol and drugs are more likely to relapse as their ro...
DATE: Mar 30, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Stephen Wright
The threshold for the importation of medical cannabis has rocketed to 2,000 grams a year from an annual limit of just one gram per year.
A spokeswoman for the health ministry said the Government was “processing an application for a commercial importe...
DATE: Mar 30, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Police officers have ditched their ties as part of the fight against Covid-19.
A police spokesman said: “While no clinical studies have demonstrated cross transmission of bugs via neckties, they have in some instances been found to be contaminated by...
DATE: Mar 30, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Health officials will visit vulnerable seniors to ensure they have enough groceries and medication to stay well during the Covid-19 crisis.
The Ministry of Health’s Ageing and Disability Services will conduct wellness checks from tomorrow.
Kim Wilson...
DATE: Mar 29, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A fresh supply of equipment to protect healthcare workers during the coronavirus crisis has arrived — but it did not include N95 respirators.
However, David Burt, the Premier, said yesterday that shipment of equipment from China was expected to arriv...
DATE: Mar 28, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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An extra 48 new beds arrived at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital today.
Judy Richardson, Chief of Nursing at Bermuda Hospitals Board, said: “When the beds were ordered originally last year, it was part of a life-cycle replacement programme.
“How...
DATE: Mar 28, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff