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The island’s tourism authority will suffer cutbacks to stay afloat after the industry was demolished by the Covid-19 pandemic, it warned yesterday.
Paul Telford, the Bermuda Tourism Authority chairman, said the organisation was “taking steps to stem ...
DATE: Apr 16, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
To capture this unprecedented time, the National Museum of Bermuda is launching United Together: Sharing Bermuda’s Covid-19 Pandemic Stories, a project collecting electronic mementoes of people’s experiences as our community grapples with the coronav...
DATE: Apr 16, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Press Release
Police asked residents today to keep looking out for a senior who has been missing for more than three weeks.
Robert Douglas, 71, was last seen near his home on My Lord’s Bay Lane in Hamilton Parish on March 24.
A BPS spokesman said: “With the shelte...
DATE: Apr 16, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Emergency measures to shore up the economy through the Covid-19 crisis were unveiled last night.
The assistance programme includes $12 million from the Government to back loans and grants for small and medium-sized businesses, administered through th...
DATE: Apr 16, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A nine-year-old girl who has not seen her healthcare worker dad for two weeks has written a heart-warming letter to him to thank him for his selfless devotion to duty.
Chylee Dill said she missed her father, Ronae Burgess, very much — but that she wa...
DATE: Apr 15, 2020
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Other
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Mass screening of hospital staff for the coronavirus is yet to start because of a shortage of test equipment.
Only seven Bermuda Hospitals Board employees had been tested for Covid-19 by last Sunday. There were no positive results.
BHB chief of staff...
DATE: Apr 15, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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Newlyweds on a honeymoon cruise in the southern hemisphere on a ship badly affected by with Covid-19 have both contracted with the disease, it was revealed yesterday.
The Royal Gazette earlier reported that a 78-year-old Pembroke man who had been on ...
DATE: Apr 15, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Shelter-in-place regulations to combat the spread of Covid-19 will be extended into next month, the Premier announced last night.
David Burt said the Cabinet had decided to prolong shelter-in-place restrictions by another two weeks until May 2 after ...
DATE: Apr 15, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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Bermuda could suffer more than 350 Covid-19 deaths — even if people stick to strict shelter-in-place and quarantine rules.
David Burt, the Premier, said last week that public health experts had predicted a worst-case scenario where more than 700 peop...
DATE: Apr 15, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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The number of negative pressure rooms has been boosted by nine at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital as part of the effort to battle the spread of Covid-19.
The Bermuda Hospitals Board said it had added four negative pressure rooms in the Emergenc...
DATE: Apr 15, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell