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Police officers have ditched their ties as part of the fight against Covid-19.
A police spokesman said: “While no clinical studies have demonstrated cross transmission of bugs via neckties, they have in some instances been found to be contaminated by...
DATE: Mar 30, 2020
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Health
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News Staff
Health officials will visit vulnerable seniors to ensure they have enough groceries and medication to stay well during the Covid-19 crisis.
The Ministry of Health’s Ageing and Disability Services will conduct wellness checks from tomorrow.
Kim Wilson...
DATE: Mar 29, 2020
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Health
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News Staff
A fresh supply of equipment to protect healthcare workers during the coronavirus crisis has arrived — but it did not include N95 respirators.
However, David Burt, the Premier, said yesterday that shipment of equipment from China was expected to arriv...
DATE: Mar 28, 2020
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Health
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An extra 48 new beds arrived at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital today.
Judy Richardson, Chief of Nursing at Bermuda Hospitals Board, said: “When the beds were ordered originally last year, it was part of a life-cycle replacement programme.
“How...
DATE: Mar 28, 2020
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Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
People across the island united last night in a massive show of support for essential workers after a social media rallying cry.
Vivienne Rochhead, from St George’s, said that the minute-long “clap session” she and friends organised had turned out to...
DATE: Mar 28, 2020
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Health
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A countrywide curfew from 8pm to 6am will be imposed from tomorrow, the Premier announced last night.
David Burt added it would be a “rolling curfew”, which can be imposed for up to three days at a time.
Curfew breakers will face up to six months in...
DATE: Mar 28, 2020
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Health
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Another 400 Covid-19 test kits are expected to arrive on Tuesday, the Premier said yesterday.
The news came after he announced two more positive tests, which took the number of Covid-19 cases to 17.
Mr Burt said: “The Minister of Health has confirmed...
DATE: Mar 28, 2020
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Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A hero Bermudian nurse in the front line of the Covid-19 pandemic in America said he fought down his own fear to keep on treating the patients in his care.
Davon Adams, a nurse in a level-one trauma centre in Washington, admitted he “would be lying i...
DATE: Mar 28, 2020
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Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A specialist medical centre is to offer classes for patients who suffer from chronic kidney disease.
Bermuda Home Dialysis Services has launched its chronic kidney disease programme, which will start “in the near future” after quarantine measures hav...
DATE: Mar 28, 2020
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Health
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Bermuda recorded five more cases of Covid-19 today, taking the total on the island to 22.
David Burt said that three of the new positive cases were imported, and the other two had close contact with a confirmed case.
The Premier said that 36 test res...
DATE: Mar 28, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff