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Five more people have been tested for a potential killer strain of coronavirus, the Ministry of Health revealed yesterday.
A ministry spokeswoman added that 22 people were “self-monitoring with public health supervision” as a precaution against Covid...
DATE: Mar 09, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health, issued a statement this afternoon noting that the World Health Organisation announced over the weekend that the global number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 has surpassed 100,000.
The illness is caused by the coro...
DATE: Mar 09, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Travellers who arrived in Bermuda on the same flight as a sick passenger who was later tested for the coronavirus got no health advice after landing, it was claimed yesterday.
The man coughed and sneezed during the American Airlines flight from Miami...
DATE: Mar 06, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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Private schools are assessing spring holiday travel risks from a potential killer strain of coronavirus.
Somersfield Academy said in a letter sent to parents that it was “closely monitoring the current Covid-19 situation carefully”.
The school added...
DATE: Mar 06, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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The Lamb Foggo Urgent Care Centre will continue its restricted winter opening hours while hospital staff prepare for a potential outbreak of Covid-19 in Bermuda.
The clinic in St David’s had already been forced to continue its winter service for long...
DATE: Mar 05, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Quarantine centres are under consideration as the country prepares itself for a worst-case scenario over the potential killer Covid-19 virus, it was revealed yesterday.
Cheryl Peek-Ball, the Chief Medical Officer, said there were “conceivable situati...
DATE: Mar 05, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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Extra supplies of hand sanitiser are to be imported and handed out free of charge, the Government said last night.
The move came as the island braced itself for the possible arrival of the potential killer coronavirus strain Covid-19.
Kim Wilson, the...
DATE: Mar 04, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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The Bermuda Diabetes Association is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the exclusive rights as the sole distributor in Bermuda of the Abbott Freestyle Libre blood glucose monitoring system.
Traditional blood glucose monitoring that involves...
DATE: Mar 04, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Press Release
The Ministry of Health confirmed today that no Covid-19 deaths have taken place at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital.
A spokeswoman said the ministry was responding to a false claim on social media regarding the novel coronavirus.
She said: “The ...
DATE: Feb 29, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Bermuda has a shortage of face masks as it continues to guard against the killer strain of coronavirus.
Health minister Kim Wilson told the House of Assembly today that talks are under way with the government agency Public Health England to import mo...
DATE: Feb 28, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell