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A visitor who arrived on the British Airways flight from London last Friday has tested positive for Covid-19, it was revealed last night.
Kim Wilson, the health minister, said the traveller, who showed the virus on their Day 4 test, had been isolated...
DATE: Sep 17, 2020
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Health
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The Chief Medical Officer expected to spend the past few months completing projects before she settled into retirement after a career in public health that spanned almost three decades.
But Cheryl Peek-Ball’s final stretch in the job was instead cons...
DATE: Aug 25, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The Bermuda Hospitals Board’s Chief of Staff will be its next chief executive and president, it was announced yesterday.
Michael Richmond will take over the job from Venetta Symonds as she takes early retirement this month after eight years in the po...
DATE: Jul 22, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Venetta Symonds started full-time work for the Bermuda Hospitals Board 40 years ago today as one of the first black radiographers at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital.
Her ambition back then was not to become chief executive officer of the entire...
DATE: Jul 14, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A shorter curfew and the opening of churches, gyms, cinemas and museums will be included in the third phase of a four-stage relaxation of Covid-19 restrictions, it was announced yesterday.
Working from home will no longer be mandatory and restaurants...
DATE: Jun 09, 2020
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Health
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The public was asked to help build a “wall of hope” to support people living with diabetes in a campaign launched today.
The Bermuda Diabetes Association said it hoped people would want to recognise loved ones as part of a fundraising drive for its n...
DATE: Jun 09, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The Bank of Bermuda Foundation has handed out a total of $132,500 to support pandemic emergency services, it said today.
The charitable foundation has backed food programmes, the provision of emergency shelter, mental health services, medicine delive...
DATE: May 20, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The coronavirus pandemic could be the catalyst for people to live healthier lifestyles, the chairwoman of the Bermuda Diabetes Association said yesterday.
Debbie Jones added that international experience appeared to show that people who were healthie...
DATE: May 15, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Primary-school children from Warwick Academy have thanked frontline workers for their “superhero” efforts during the Covid-19 pandemic in a special video.
The banner on the video, posted on social media, said: “To all the brave men and woman on the f...
DATE: May 13, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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The asthma charity of Bermuda was forced to cancel its public demonstration for World Asthma Day today for public safety.
But Tracy Nash, the director of asthma education at Open Airways, said that it was still important for people with asthma to tak...
DATE: May 05, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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