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The Covid-19 death toll has risen by two to 45, it was revealed last night.
There are 58 people in hospital, up four on Monday’s update, with 14 people, an increase of two, in intensive care.
The news came as 168 new coronavirus cases were detected a...
DATE: Sep 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Bermuda’s top doctors last night pleaded for the public to trust science rather than social media and get vaccinated.
Medics said vaccination was the single best way to beat the latest Covid-19 outbreak.
David Burt, the Premier, highlighted there was...
DATE: Sep 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Disruptions to bus and ferry services look set to continue after transport bosses and drivers failed to reach an agreement over Covid-19-related health and safety practices.
Yesterday morning Lawrence Scott, the Minister of Transport, said that the t...
DATE: Sep 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A bakery told customers yesterday it was working hard to “regroup” and open its doors again after a tough year caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Cake Shop, on Curving Avenue, Pembroke, posted a message on Facebook to explain why it had yet to reop...
DATE: Sep 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A record number of Covid-19 patients has stretched healthcare resources to breaking point, the Premier warned last night.
David Burt added he was “extremely concerned with what we are seeing at our hospital”.
He said: “The hospital is currently over...
DATE: Sep 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Members of the public should not take their frustrations out on hard-pressed healthcare staff battling a surge in Covid-19 cases, the Chief Medical Officer said last night.
Ayo Oyinloye said “abuse” had been aimed at workers “across the board” as the...
DATE: Sep 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Six care homes and 14 daycare centres have been affected in the latest wave of coronavirus infections, a Government spokeswoman said.
She added that a dozen of the childcare facilities had closed.
Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health, said on Sunday th...
DATE: Sep 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A shipment of 2,300 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine is expected to arrive on today’s flight from the UK.
Priority will be given to people in need of first and second doses of the jab.
But Ayo Oyinloye, the Chief Medical Officer, said eligible pupils an...
DATE: Sep 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Public sector staff face a “revolving door” of sickness and quarantine because of the Covid-19 pandemic, it was claimed yesterday.
Bus and ferry service representatives said that schedules had been devastated by mass absenteeism – with staff unable t...
DATE: Sep 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A former premier has said she bears “no ill will” towards the Progressive Labour Party she quit to run as an independent candidate in 2017.
But Paula Cox added she had “no active or close relationship with the current leadership” of the party.
She ad...
DATE: Sep 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell