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Supermarkets could limit the number of customers to 50 people at a time if a case of Covid-19 was confirmed, a business leader said this week.
Zach Moniz, the manager of the Lindo’s Group of Companies, explained that plans were in place to manage a r...
DATE: Mar 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The airport will close to all passenger flights at midnight on Friday for two weeks, the Premier said tonight.
David Burt added that “only returning residents will be allowed on flights to Bermuda between tomorrow morning and Friday night”.
Non-resid...
DATE: Mar 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Diners can enjoy some of their favourite restaurant meals at home with a scheme designed to keep businesses running over the course of Covid-19.
The Bermuda Chamber of Commerce teamed up with the City of Hamilton and the Bermuda Economic Development ...
DATE: Mar 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Customs officers walked off the job at the airport tonight.
It is understood the industrial action came over fears about Covid-19. The island’s first two confirmed cases arrived at LF Wade International on flights from the US and Britain.
Wayne Caine...
DATE: Mar 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Bermuda Hospitals Board suspended all non-emergency surgery yesterday as the health service braces itself for Covid-19.
A BHB spokeswoman said the halt will allow time for operating theatre staff to be “upskilled” with extra training in critical-...
DATE: Mar 17, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
This afternoon the care home team of the Ministry of Health held a COVID-19 preparedness meeting at the K. Margaret Carter Centre for all categories of care home staff.
At the meeting, co-presenters Ja-Mae Smith, Programme Manager of the Care Home R...
DATE: Mar 17, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Press Release
Residents have been urged to inform police of their travel history and any flu symptoms before officers visit their home.
Stephen Corbishley, the Commissioner of Police, announced a series of precautionary measures put in place by the Bermuda Police ...
DATE: Mar 17, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
David Burt said this evening that the Government expected to have on-island testing capability for the coronavirus later this week.
In a video address to Bermuda, the Premier said: “Covid-19 testing continues to be performed at the Caribbean Public H...
DATE: Mar 16, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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A tent has been set up at an entrance of the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital to test the facility’s process for separating patients with possible cases of Covid-19.
A Bermuda Hospitals Board spokeswoman said the tented entrance, visible last night ...
DATE: Mar 16, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Seniors were warned to find ways of distancing themselves, even from loved ones, as the coronavirus pandemic appears to hit elderly patients with health problems worst.
Charles Jeffers, the honorary director of Age Concern, said last night that senio...
DATE: Mar 16, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell