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A nurse at Bermuda’s largest residential home for seniors tested positive for Covid-19 almost two weeks ago but a plea for everyone else at the facility to be immediately screened for the coronavirus was not acted on. Barbara Lee, the chairwoman of t...

Expertise and supplies from the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences are helping the island to battle Covid-19. Rachel Parsons Biggs, a BIOS microbiologist, was seconded to Helix Bermuda, the forensics and clinical testing company where testing for th...

A psychologist last night warned that the stress of the Covid-19 lockdown could take its toll on people under virtual house arrest. Alison Daniels said people could fall prey to anxiety, sadness and feel unable to relax while the shelter-in-place reg...

More than $1 million has been pledged to an emergency fund set up to help people get through the Covid-19 crisis, it was revealed yesterday. The appeal was launched to help support charities and their work to provide essential services to people in n...

A resident and two staff at a seniors’ home have come down with Covid-19, the Government announced tonight. A spokeswoman for the Ministry of Health said that all residents and staff at Westmeath Residential and Nursing Care Home in Pembroke were to...

More than 900 tests a day for Covid-19 could be carried out now that two laboratories are up and running, it was revealed last night. A government spokeswoman said that the labs had the immediate ability to do 200 tests every day — and the number wou...

Athletics organisations are fast out of the starting blocks to help people keep fit while confined at home. The Bermuda Athletes Commission teamed up with the Bermuda Olympic Association and the Bermuda Broadcasting Company to air a series of at-home...

Relatives of cancer patients in the terminal stages of the disease can request an exemption letter from cancer charity Pals so they can say goodbye to loved ones in person. Dr Sharon Alikhani, the Pals medical director, said: “If patients are in the ...

Cup Match this year is at the mercy of the coronavirus — but people’s health must come first, the president of Somerset Cricket Club said yesterday. Vashun Blanchette, whose club is scheduled to host the Annual Classic, insisted the welfare of people...

Rules for care and nursing homes were changed yesterday to help prevent the spread of diseases. The amendments came into force after an outbreak of Covid-19 at the Matilda Smith Williams Seniors Residence. A staff member at another home, which remain...