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Police officers have ditched their ties as part of the fight against Covid-19.
A police spokesman said: “While no clinical studies have demonstrated cross transmission of bugs via neckties, they have in some instances been found to be contaminated by...
DATE: Mar 30, 2020
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News Staff
A distribution company is to donate $15,000 worth of energy drinks to shift workers and vulnerable people.
Naturally Inclined, a division of Bermy Distributors, will give away up 99 cases of electrolyte-rich Glow to police stations, care homes and ot...
DATE: Mar 30, 2020
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The Peppercorn Ceremony in St George’s next month was today cancelled.
A spokesman for the Corporation of St George said the decision was made because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The ceremony, scheduled to take place on April 22, was designed for the F...
DATE: Mar 30, 2020
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
An island-wide curfew got off to a “heart-warming” start, the Minister of National Security said last night.
Wayne Caines, who patrolled the island with soldiers of the Royal Bermuda Regiment, said that residents were adhering to the lockdown without...
DATE: Mar 30, 2020
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Health officials will visit vulnerable seniors to ensure they have enough groceries and medication to stay well during the Covid-19 crisis.
The Ministry of Health’s Ageing and Disability Services will conduct wellness checks from tomorrow.
Kim Wilson...
DATE: Mar 29, 2020
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Health
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News Staff
The Premier warned against “panic activity” yesterday after false claims that supermarkets could be closed as part of the battle against Covid-19.
David Burt recorded a message to plead with the public not to listen to rumours.
He told the public: “I...
DATE: Mar 28, 2020
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Fiona McWhirter
A Bermudian man in the US is recovering at home after he tested positive for Covid-19, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
Gerry Collins, a former engineer, said on social media on Thursday that he had the virus.
He wrote: “OK don’t panic, I have tested po...
DATE: Mar 28, 2020
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Jessie Moniz Hardy
A fresh supply of equipment to protect healthcare workers during the coronavirus crisis has arrived — but it did not include N95 respirators.
However, David Burt, the Premier, said yesterday that shipment of equipment from China was expected to arriv...
DATE: Mar 28, 2020
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The stalled Caroline Bay resort development is to go back to the drawing board with “expert restructuring advisers”, the finance minister said yesterday.
Curtis Dickinson added the project would be assessed by Alvarez and Marsal, a New York firm with...
DATE: Mar 28, 2020
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Jonathan Bell
An extra 48 new beds arrived at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital today.
Judy Richardson, Chief of Nursing at Bermuda Hospitals Board, said: “When the beds were ordered originally last year, it was part of a life-cycle replacement programme.
“How...
DATE: Mar 28, 2020
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Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff