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The Government yesterday denied it lost its grip on the coronavirus crisis after long delays in the test system left most schools closed on the first day of term and caused “chaotic” scenes at the airport.
Kim Wilson, the health minister, defended th...
DATE: Jan 14, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
JetBlue’s decision to downgrade its service to Bermuda came as no surprise, two air industry executives said yesterday.
Aaron Adderley, the president of airport operators Skyport, also highlighted the island’s strict travel restrictions to combat Cov...
DATE: Jan 14, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A traditional charity walk has donated 240 laptops to primary school pupils.
The Bermuda End-to-End Charitable Trust announced this week it had handed over the Chromebooks and protective cases to the Ministry of Education.
Anne Mello, the chairwoman ...
DATE: Jan 14, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Supreme Court murder trial ground to a halt this week after the coronavirus forced a juror to quarantine.
Taaj Muhammad, 26, pleaded not guilty to the December 30, 2018 murder of Ronniko Burchall, who was 30.
Mr Muhammad, from St George's, also ple...
DATE: Jan 14, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A clinic has run out of PCR tests because of a breakdown in the supply chain.
The Northshore Medical and Aesthetics Centre said that it could still perform antigen tests but that PCR tests had been stopped until fresh test kits were available.
A spok...
DATE: Jan 14, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Another shipment of Covid-19 vaccines arrived on the island on Wednesday night, Government House has announced.
Government House confirmed in a Facebook post that 14,040 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine arrived on last night’s British Airways fli...
DATE: Jan 14, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Quarantine and test rules will be loosened next week, the health minister announced today.
Kim Wilson also signalled changes to test requirements for schoolchildren, with a switch from PCR testing requirements to antigen testing.
Ms Wilson said the q...
DATE: Jan 13, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Almost 150 hospital staff are off work due to Covid-19 — with pressure on services mounting as the number of Omicron cases continues to surge.
The announcement came after the Bermuda Police Service announced that 48 of its 400-strong force were absen...
DATE: Jan 13, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Governor has dropped an inquiry into allegations of gross misconduct against Stephen Corbishley, the former Commissioner of Police, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
Rena Lalgie wrote to Pc Robert Butterfield, the police officer whose complaints abou...
DATE: Jan 13, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
A grocery store manager said he nearly jumped out of his skin when he came face to face with a stowaway raccoon in his shipping container.
Chris Smith, a manager at Lindo’s Family Foods, was unloading the container at the Warwick store yesterday lu...
DATE: Jan 13, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
