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An emergency housing complex is to introduce special measures today to make sure its clients are not forced on to the streets over the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Salvation Army said it had drawn up a scheme to provide round-the-clock accommodation at its...
DATE: Mar 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The United States Consulate General has called on American residents to step forward if they want to leave the island.
A consulate spokesman said: “The Government of Bermuda confirmed six cases of Covid-19 in Bermuda as of March 23.
“All US citizens ...
DATE: Mar 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Sanitisation stations have been set up at Westgate jail to help in the battle against Covid-19, the head of the Prison Officers Association said.
Timothy Seon added that the Government had committed to the maintenance of items that will help inmates ...
DATE: Mar 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Organisers of the Bermuda Day Half-Marathon Derby and Sinclair Packwood Memorial cycle race are watching the progress of the Covid-19 outbreak very closely ahead of one of the biggest holidays of the year.
Bermuda Day, scheduled for May 29, also invo...
DATE: Mar 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Lawrence Trott
Some cleaning companies have cut services in a bid to protect staff and customers from the Covid-19 pandemic.
Tarah Woolgar, owner of Maid in Bermuda, said the company had suspended services to people in quarantine and its commercial contracts for th...
DATE: Mar 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Twenty ventilators are available at the island’s general hospital and eight more are on their way, the Bermuda Hospitals Board said last night.
A BHB spokeswoman added there was also a plan to look after critical patients outside King Edward VII Memo...
DATE: Mar 23, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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An emergency transport service to get hospital staff to work is to be introduced.
The move came after emergency service workers who travel to work by public transport were forced to walk or find alternative ways to get to their jobs after services we...
DATE: Mar 23, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Fairmont Southampton hotel has shut down some of its facilities to combat the Covid-19 pandemic.
Turtle Hill Golf Club and the Waterlot Inn are among the resort’s attractions “temporarily closed” in line with Government guidelines to reduce the s...
DATE: Mar 23, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
A cross-party relief scheme and payroll tax relief could help the people worst-affected by the Covid-19 crisis, the Leader of the Opposition said today.
Craig Cannonier, the One Bermuda Alliance leader, said his party would back an economic relief co...
DATE: Mar 23, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The Phoenix Stores today launched a temporary prescription delivery service for those patients COVID-19 self-quarantined or unable to visit a drugstore the company announced today.
George Grundmuller, President & CEO of The Phoenix Stores Ltd says; ...
DATE: Mar 23, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Press Release