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There are plans to revitalise and reopen a West End clinic that was shuttered five years ago. According to a recent planning application, the Government intends to expand the former Somerset Health Centre at the Mangrove Bay Post Office - a Grade 3 l...

An over-the-counter prescription medicine now available on island is proving effective in reducing symptoms of patients who have Covid-19. The Paxlovid pill – developed by drug company Pfizer, which also manufactures the Covid vaccine – is also helpi...

Bermuda’s first confirmed case of monkeypox was revealed last night by health officials, with an unidentified patient said to be in isolation. The Ministry of Health is investigating potential close contacts and will notify anyone who may have been e...

Bermuda has recorded another Covid-19 death, but the number of people admitted to hospital has fallen sharply. The Ministry of Health said last night that it had identified 266 new Covid-19 cases in the past week. There were also 338 recoveries, caus...

Numerous senators weighed in on the debate about the Government’s proposal to extend Covid-19 public heath emergency measures. The regulations, which make the wearing of masks mandatory in certain places such as health facilities and on public transp...

Senators have approved legislation that will see quarantine exemptions for members of certain armed forces removed. The Quarantine Amendment Bill 2022 seeks to amend the Quarantine Act 2017 to make provisions for the Quarantine Authority to make eme...

The chairman of Bermuda’s leading cancer care charity is stepping down after more than 21 years in the post. Gavin Arton has been succeeded by Bill Wharton, the head of Argo Insurance, who formally stepped into the role this month. Mr Arton said: “PA...

The Covid-19 pandemic has caused a surge in mental health issues among the young, according to an island charity. Family Centre, which provides counselling services for troubled teenagers, said that it had seen calls increase almost 50 per cent in th...

The Bermuda Health Council has reinstated a mask mandate after a rise in the number of Covid-19 cases. A spokesperson for the BHeC said: “Due to the increase of coronavirus cases, the mask mandate has been reinstated at the Bermuda Health Council sta...

Services at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital are being stretched by “increasing numbers” of Covid-19 patients