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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

Two blood donors have been rewarded for their efforts to help to keep the hospital’s blood bank fully stocked. Janice Richards and Shauna Peyton said that donating blood was “an easy way to help people” and that it could save lives. The pair were win...

One more person has died due to Covid-19 and 28 people are in now hospital, the Government announced last night. “Sadly, we had a coronavirus-related death since our last update,” said Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health. “I extend my heartfelt condo...

The number of employers in breach of health insurance rules have fallen year-on-year after a surge in 2020 caused by Covid-19, according to a recent report by the Bermuda Health Council. The BHeC’s Employers Compliance Annual Report 2021 found that t...

An island-wide survey being carried out to better understand stroke rehabilitation services has been launched. Evolution Healing Centre, a physiotherapy rehabilitation clinic, is now distributing the online survey which can be accessed here. It is ...

Bermuda’s Covid-19 numbers rose from 229 to 258 this week, although no new deaths from the virus were reported. Twelve Covid-19 patients are in hospital, up from five last week, but none are in intensive care. According to a spokeswoman for the Minis...

Westgate inmates complained that they were punished for refusing Covid-19 tests, according to the 2021 Ombudsman's Report. The report, the last by former Ombudsman Victoria Pearman, said the Ombudsman’s Office received several complaints from inmates...

The health minister said she was grateful to residents who got vaccinated against the coronavirus after the island’s mass vaccination programme wound up. Kim Wilson also urged anyone who was considering getting the jab for the first time to go to a “...

A champion for Bermuda’s intellectually disabled helped found a home for people with mental challenges to live with dignity. Ellen Douglas, who opened Hope Homes in 1982, also volunteered for the homeless in Bermuda. The education therapist was recog...