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A Bermudian scientist in England yesterday said her genetics research could reduce Covid-19 diagnosis from days to hours and help save lives. Carika Weldon, a researcher at Oxford Genomics Centre, part of Oxford University Hospitals, said: “For me t...

On-island tests for Covid-19 have started and more test kits are expected to arrive in Bermuda over the next two weeks, the Premier said yesterday. David Burt added that the maximum turnaround time for results would be 48 hours. Mr Burt said: “This i...

The health system could be “overwhelmed” if the public fails to follow quarantine and isolation rules, the Bermuda Hospitals Board’s chief of staff warned today. Michael Richmond said that the BHB backed “decisive action” by the Government to limit ...

The Premier yesterday gave a stark warning he would not hesitate to “do what has been done in other places and shut down the entire country for a period of 14 days” if people failed to stick to quarantine rules. David Burt warned that heavy fines or ...

The island will not know if community transmission of the coronavirus has started until more test results come in, the Premier said tonight. But the Premier said he was “certain” that there were returning Bermudians who had flown in recently from the...

An emergency flight set up to get US citizens in Bermuda home today has been cancelled. A WestJet flight from Toronto to Bermuda to bring Bermudians home and transport Canadians back which was scheduled for today has also been cancelled. A Government...

An action plan to help some of the island’s most vulnerable groups during the coronavirus crisis is under development, it was announced yesterday. Wayne Caines, the Minister of National Security, said he hoped that a plan to help the homeless could b...

The Covid-19 pandemic is as big a threat to mental health as it is to physical health, and some in Bermuda are already suffering the effects, specialists said. Kelly Madeiros, Adriene Berkeley and Grant Farquhar of Solstice Bermuda, an holistic welln...

People should get off the streets and stay indoors to limit the spread of Covid-19, the national security minister warned yesterday. Wayne Caines said he was “concerned” that people continued to carry on normal business after the first cases were con...

On-island processing of tests for the potentially lethal coronavirus will start this week, the national security minister said yesterday. Wayne Caines said: “I do not know the exact time. “I can tell you that we will have the ability within the not...