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The Government’s claim that 70 per cent of the population will be vaccinated against Covid-19 by the end of next month was last night questioned by the Opposition.
Michael Dunkley, the One Bermuda Alliance shadow health minister, raised concerns afte...
DATE: Apr 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A Westgate inmate has spent almost a month on lockdown because of a row over Covid-19 tests, his family has claimed.
His mother said the prisoner, who is asthmatic with narrow nasal passages, had reacted badly to the PCR test for the coronavirus a ye...
DATE: Apr 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A former Bermuda Idol winner who needs life-saving medical treatment overseas has been airlifted to a hospital in Boston.
Latosha Codrington, a singer in clubs and churches across the island, suffered a heart attack last Tuesday and later developed ...
DATE: Apr 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Cashier services at a Government building are to restart tomorrow.
Money-handling staff will return to work to take payments at the Government Administration Building on Parliament Street, which is also home to the Department of Social Insurance.
Cas...
DATE: Apr 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Antiracism campaigners will hold a forum on how Black men have been pictured as inferior and a threat to the corporate world next week.
Citizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda has assembled a panel to discuss “Black Masculinity and Legacies of Subjugati...
DATE: Apr 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The number of active Covid-19 infections has dropped, despite another 20 cases logged.
A Ministry of Health spokeswoman said that the new cases were among 1,315 test results that came back to health officials today.
Four came in from overseas – a non...
DATE: Apr 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A fresh appeal for youngsters to sign up for an anti-abuse programme was made by a child protection charity yesterday.
The Coalition for the Protection of Children appealed to primary and middle school pupils to join its Safety Matters classes as Apr...
DATE: Apr 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A family unable to visit a loved one in hospital because of Covid-19 restrictions has appealed for visiting rights for relatives who have the full vaccine.
A woman with a relative in the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital said her family was distresse...
DATE: Apr 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
A Covid-19 vaccination programme got a major shot in the arm after a fundraising appeal raised about $500,000 – more than double the original target.
Lisa Sheppard, the executive director of the Bermuda Hospitals Charitable Foundation, which organise...
DATE: Apr 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Bermuda’s national bird continues to set records after scientists reported a new high number of 142 established breeding pairs, up from 135 pairs in 2020.
The number of Cahow pairs on the nature reserve of Nonsuch Island has increased to 27 this yea...
DATE: Apr 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell