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A string of events have been postponed and services closed as a result of the coronavirus.
The Royal Gazette will update this page with details as they are received.
To include a change of plans for your event, please e-mail news@royalgazette.com.
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DATE: Mar 14, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Airlines that service Bermuda have offered to waive fees for flight changes in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
British Airways, American Airlines, Delta, Jet Blue, Air Canada and WestJet have each announced they would waive change fees, althoug...
DATE: Mar 13, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Civil servants were told to cancel “non-essential travel” yesterday, but no ban will be imposed on large public gatherings at present, the Premier announced.
However, David Burt advised people to practise “social distancing” and highlighted that some...
DATE: Mar 13, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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Government is to review how the sugar tax was implemented over concerns that retailers had spread the impact of the tax across other items.
Curtis Dickinson, the Minister of Finance, told the House of Assembly: “We need to have a look at this again.
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DATE: Mar 13, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Talks about the future of Bermuda’s health system went ahead this week despite the ongoing efforts to protect the island from Covid-19.
Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health, said that a meeting at KPMG would have been rescheduled if the risk level was ...
DATE: Mar 13, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Temperature checks could soon be introduced at all of the island’s ports in efforts to protect against a potential killer strain of coronavirus, the Minister of Health said yesterday.
Kim Wilson told the House of Assembly that officials were due to m...
DATE: Mar 12, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Dr. Cheryl Peek-Ball, the Chief Medical Officer stated, “We recognise that the World Health Organisation today declared the coronavirus (COVID-19) a pandemic. The declaration of a pandemic is based on the geographical spread of the disease and not a ...
DATE: Mar 11, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Press Release
The country must come together “like never before” as Bermuda braces itself for the battle against a new and killer strain of coronavirus, the health minister said yesterday.
Kim Wilson said the kind of co-operation shown in hurricanes was needed and...
DATE: Mar 10, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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Better services for people with special needs will include treatment in their own homes, MPs heard yesterday.
Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health, explained that an additional grant to the Bermuda Hospitals Board of $1.2 million will pay for the devel...
DATE: Mar 10, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The global spread of the coronavirus epidemic could affect the island’s tourism business, the Bermuda Tourism Authority said yesterday.
However, Stephen Todd, the deputy chairman of the BTA, said it was “early days and too difficult to predict” what ...
DATE: Mar 10, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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