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Another coronavirus-related death has been announced by health officials yesterday, bringing the total number of confirmed fatalities from the Covid-19 pandemic to 135.
But the island’s active cases have dropped by more than 50 in the past week, brin...
DATE: May 12, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Cabinet Office has been ordered to decide whether to release records about the government lab set up to handle Covid-19 testing.
The Molecular Diagnostic and Research Laboratory was launched at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in spring 2020 an...
DATE: May 12, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
A year ago, David Goonewardene was in a coma in a Boston hospital.
The teenager had been a passenger in a car that smashed into a wall on Knapton Hill one night in March, 2021.
David suffered horrific brain injuries in the crash, and there were fears...
DATE: May 10, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Government has defended its use of Travel Authorisation forms, stating that they are essential in protecting Bermuda’s borders from Covid-19.
A spokeswoman for the Department of Health also dismissed reports that the form was deterring visitors, ...
DATE: May 06, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Nurses have been praised by Kim Wilson, the health minister, for their resilience through the Covid-19 pandemic.
In remarks at the Nurse of the Year luncheon on Sunday, Ms Wilson said: “This pandemic took a personal toll on healthcare workers, espec...
DATE: May 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Three deaths linked to Covid-19 were reported yesterday by health officials, bringing the island’s confirmed death toll from the pandemic to 134.
Bermuda also continues to see a climbing rate of new infections, with 409 active cases – the highest num...
DATE: May 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A Warwick Academy student who sustained a traumatic brain injury in a car crash last year is preparing to participate in the Convex End to End on Saturday.
David Goonewardene , 17, from Paget, will be joined by his schoolmates in the walk, which mar...
DATE: May 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
An auction of horse statues has raised $250,000 for a charity that provides therapy programmes for people with special needs.
All 20 life-size fibreglass statues of Tilly – a miniature filly who was a fixture of the WindReach centre’s animal therapy ...
DATE: May 04, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
After a two year absence due to the Covid-19 pandemic, World Asthma Day returned to Bermuda yesterday.
Musicians from Warwick Academy expanded their lungs to play wind and brass instruments while Open Airways staff and volunteers demonstrated equipm...
DATE: May 04, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
An award-winning nurse is calling for frontline health workers to have more say in how health services operate.
Irena Ashton made the recommendation in a letter to Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health, after being named Nurse of the Year.
Ms Ashton, wh...
DATE: May 03, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan