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Bermuda has been upgraded to a Level 2 travel health advisory notice by the United States Centres for Disease Control and Prevention.
The Covid-19 risk in Bermuda is now listed as “moderate”.
But the CDC recommended that older people, those with unde...
DATE: Aug 19, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Contact tracing was under way last night for four new cases of Covid-19, the health ministry said.
Three cases are known to have come in from overseas and the source of the fourth is under investigation.
All four are in isolation.
A ministry spokeswo...
DATE: Aug 19, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
An increase in stress and executive burnout because of the Covid-19 pandemic has sparked the development of a series of therapeutic services by a new consortium of medical specialists.
Submerge, a programme introduced by Kindred, Solstice and Fountai...
DATE: Aug 19, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A queue of about 50 people lined up outside the Perot Post Office yesterday as travellers waited to get coronavirus tests.
The line stretched into Queen Elizabeth Park, off Queen Street, in Hamilton, at about 11am as visitors and returned residents t...
DATE: Aug 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Three positive cases of Covid-19 were imported on the JetBlue flight from New York on Friday, the Ministry of Health reported over the weekend.
All were residents who did not have pre-departure tests, and contact tracing began on Saturday to isolate ...
DATE: Aug 17, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Health Council has launched surveys to gather feedback from the public, providers and insurers on the use and offering of telehealth services. Telehealth has been an important part of the response to COVID and an innovation that has its place wi...
DATE: Aug 17, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Press Release
No new cases of Covid-19 were found on the island yesterday after 561 test results came back clear for the coronavirus.
The island’s total confirmed cases of the illness remained at 159, with five active cases under public health monitoring and none ...
DATE: Aug 15, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The next Chief Medical Officer was announced yesterday as the Government confirmed that Cheryl Peek-Ball will leave the post at the end of this month.
Ayoola Oyinloye arrived in Bermuda this week and will join the Ministry of Health after his quarant...
DATE: Aug 15, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A teenager who broke Covid-19 quarantine rules will not face punishment, the health minister said last night.
Kim Wilson said at the regular Covid-19 briefing that the returned resident, who arrived back on the island from Atlanta last month, was “pu...
DATE: Aug 14, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
More than 730 coronavirus tests came back clear yesterday.
A total of 732 results were logged by the Ministry of Health and none were positive.
The news meant the number of positive results remained at 159, with 145 recovered.
There are five active c...
DATE: Aug 13, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff