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Former police officers will boost efforts to find a missing senior, it was revealed today.
A police spokesman said that the work is to include house-to-house inquiries as part of the search for Robert Douglas, 72.
He explained the help came “in respo...
DATE: Apr 26, 2020
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Fiona McWhirter
While most of us are safe at home during the Covid-19 pandemic, essential workers put their lives at risk to keep Bermuda going. The Royal Gazette salutes these selfless men and women in hospitals, supermarkets, delivery vans, gas stations and other ...
DATE: Apr 25, 2020
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The worried daughter of a resident in a care home at the centre of a Covid-19 outbreak last night questioned why strict social-distancing was enforced only after a second staff member tested positive for the disease last week.
The woman said she spok...
DATE: Apr 25, 2020
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Elderly people unable to leave their homes because of the risk of Covid-19 got a doorstep deliveries this week, from a team of police officers.
Police joined forces with charity Age Concern to deliver necessities to about 30 seniors who live alone.
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DATE: Apr 25, 2020
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People who attend the hospital’s emergency department are not tested for the coronavirus, the Chief of Emergency has said.
Chikezie Dean Okereke outlined Bermuda Hospitals Board procedures after a family questioned why an elderly relative treated in ...
DATE: Apr 25, 2020
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Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Essential workers were checked for Covid-19 yesterday after a drive-through test centre was launched.
However, David Burt, the Premier, said that sample collection at the multi-lane site in St David’s started late after some teething troubles.
He exp...
DATE: Apr 25, 2020
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Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
More than 3,000 people could be hospitalised as a result of Covid-19, with 981 of them requiring critical care, a worst-case scenario released by the Bermuda Government warned yesterday.
The figure of 3,096 would equate to a peak of 78 hospital admis...
DATE: Apr 25, 2020
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Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Paget residents have been urged to check their CCTV footage to help in the search for a missing 72-year-old man with Alzheimer’s disease.
Robert Douglas was last seen in person near his home in My Lord’s Bay Lane in Hamilton Parish at about 4pm on Ma...
DATE: Apr 25, 2020
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News Staff
People have been warned that they can only burn garden waste at home.
Police and the fire service said that people were using the shelter in place lockdown to tidy up their yards and burn lawn clippings and other vegetation.
A Bermuda Fire and Rescue...
DATE: Apr 25, 2020
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The public must help shape the future of the island after the Covid-19 state-of-emergency restrictions are lifted, a government backbencher said yesterday.
Jason Hayward, a former leader of the Bermuda Public Services Union, predicted a bleak future ...
DATE: Apr 24, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell