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Five clusters of Covid-19 outbreaks around the island have been confirmed, the health minister has revealed, calling them “concerning”.
Kim Wilson said the largest cluster numbered about 25 people, adding that it appeared to have come from breaches o...
DATE: Aug 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Unvaccinated travellers will be able to spend some of their mandatory quarantine at home instead of a hotel, it was revealed last night.
David Burt, the Premier, said unvaccinated people who arrived on the island with a clear preflight PCR test would...
DATE: Aug 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Secret records of a rejected multimillion dollar casinos deal must be released by the Government in the public interest, according to the Information Commissioner.
Senior civil servants and the Bermudian company involved in the agreement argued again...
DATE: Aug 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
Almost 96 per cent of Bermuda’s doctors recommended the Covid-19 vaccine in a major survey of the profession by the Bermuda Medical Doctors’ Association.
The association poll found 68 island doctors said they would recommend the Pfizer or Moderna vac...
DATE: Aug 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Tourism arrival numbers took another massive hit in the second quarter of this year according to the latest statistics.
Air arrivals dropped by almost 80 per cent compared to the same period in 2019, while there were no cruise ship arrivals.
Charles ...
DATE: Aug 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Bermuda’s number of fully vaccinated people nudged up to 64.4 per cent, with 65.7 per cent of the population getting one jab.
It marks a slight rise from the 64.1 per cent of immunised residents reported last week.
Over the 30 weeks of vaccination on...
DATE: Aug 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Police today released these images of two suspects believed to be involved in a shooting incident on Court Street.
The attack, carried out by two men on a motorcycle on Monday August 2, left a 31-year-old man and a 73-year-old bystander in hospital...
DATE: Aug 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Power firm Belco has applied for permission to lay underwater cables in Castle Harbour.
A planning application showed cables stretching from Coney Island Road, near the Coney Island Bridge and Bailey’s Bay Cricket Club field, to Stone Crusher Corner,...
DATE: Aug 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A charity which promotes and supports Bermuda’s LGBTQ community is asking people to take part in a survey and sign up for regular updates on its activities.
OutBermuda, which has just had its charitable status renewed for the next three years, said i...
DATE: Aug 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A motorcyclist is being treated for serious injuries after he hit a pole trying to negotiate a bend, police said this morning.
First responders were called to the roundabout at Crow Lane at 11.30pm on Sunday.
A police spokeswoman said: “Information s...
DATE: Aug 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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