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Bermudians marooned on a dream cruise, which turned into a nightmare after a Covid-19 outbreak, are back on home soil.
Twenty-two people, whose ship was denied entry to ports in the southern hemisphere, returned on two private jets and said they were...
DATE: Apr 11, 2020
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Colin Thompson
Chronic diseases make Covid-19 even more dangerous in Bermuda, a doctor said yesterday.
Annabel Fountain, an endocrinologist at Fountain Health, explained that non-communicable diseases were dangerous on their own, but made sufferers more vulnerable ...
DATE: Apr 11, 2020
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Supply shortages have meant that some frontline police officers have had to go without face masks, a member of the Bermuda Police Service said.
Deputy Commissioner of Police Darrin Simons said on Thursday: “I appreciate that when members of the publ...
DATE: Apr 11, 2020
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An emergency homeless shelter has been moved from Pembroke to Prospect.
The shelter, set up under the state of emergency shelter in place regulations, was transferred from the Berkeley Institute to CedarBridge Academy.
Kathy Lynn Simmons, the Attorne...
DATE: Apr 11, 2020
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Jonathan Bell
Police today warned against “house parties” over the Covid-19 crisis.
Assistant Commissioner of Police Martin Weekes said police had received several calls to complain about loud music and parties.
Mr Weekes said: “The BPS has also received reports t...
DATE: Apr 11, 2020
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Government has the capacity to carry out more than 200 Covid-19 tests a day at two up-and-running labs, it was announced at the weekend.
David Burt, the Premier, said the Helix Laboratory, run by Desiree Spriggs, and the Bermuda Government Molecu...
DATE: Apr 10, 2020
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Zane DeSilva, the Minister of Tourism and Transport, delivered a statement on the vehicle licensing process while TCD is closed due to restrictions imposed by the Covid-19 outbreak.
To read the statement in full, click on the PDF under “Related Media...
DATE: Apr 10, 2020
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More than $500,000 has been donated to an emergency fund to help the island’s most vulnerable people as charities battle to meet hardships caused by the Covid-19 crisis.
About 80 donors have contributed to the Bermuda Community Fund-administered rese...
DATE: Apr 09, 2020
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Fiona McWhirter
Dozens of homeless people in an emergency shelter at a secondary school were out on the streets yesterday after they were ordered to leave during daytime hours.
Wayne Caines, the Minister of National Security, said last night that the temporary shelt...
DATE: Apr 09, 2020
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Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Couriers firms have kept up the flow of essential items during the shelter-in-place measures imposed to combat the pandemic.
Kevin Smith, the managing director at International Bonded Couriers and ZipX, said the company was still on the job despite b...
DATE: Apr 09, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell