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A tent has been set up at an entrance of the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital to test the facility’s process for separating patients with possible cases of Covid-19.
A Bermuda Hospitals Board spokeswoman said the tented entrance, visible last night ...
DATE: Mar 16, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Seniors were warned to find ways of distancing themselves, even from loved ones, as the coronavirus pandemic appears to hit elderly patients with health problems worst.
Charles Jeffers, the honorary director of Age Concern, said last night that senio...
DATE: Mar 16, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A Bermudian teenager in central Italy told how he was living in virtual lockdown after authorities introduced severe restrictions to stem the spread of a killer strain of coronavirus.
Leo Harris, who lives in Florence and works at a restaurant, expla...
DATE: Mar 16, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
New legislation empowering the Government to force arriving passengers to self-quarantine will be fast-tracked in the House of Assembly this morning.
As Bermuda braced for the coronavirus pandemic, supermarket heads last night advised customers to sh...
DATE: Mar 16, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A funeral procession in honour of a former Bermuda Industrial Union vice-president was held in Hamilton yesterday.
Family, friends and colleagues paid their tributes to Glenn Simmons, who died on March 3, aged 67.
Signs on public buses brought out fo...
DATE: Mar 16, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Residents must change the way they live in the face of a potential killer strain of coronavirus, the Opposition leader said this afternoon.
Craig Cannonier, of the One Bermuda Alliance, asked people to work together but claimed that “more direction” ...
DATE: Mar 16, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The Bermuda Volleyball Association have suspended all training, indoor and beach programmes until April 12, due to the worldwide spread of Covid-19.
Following the advice of the Government of Bermuda and public health experts regarding the virus, a nu...
DATE: Mar 16, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Murley
The Carifta Aquatic Sports Championship has become the latest event to postponed due to the worldwide spread of Covid-19.
The Championships were scheduled to be held from April 3 to 15 at the Aquatic Centre in Wildey, Barbados, and would have feature...
DATE: Mar 16, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Murley
Public schools will remain open as Bermuda prepares to do battle with Covid-19, the Government announced this afternoon.
A spokeswoman for the Department of Education said that the Government was “taking preventive and protective measures, working cl...
DATE: Mar 16, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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Rumours that suggested the island had confirmed cases of Covid-19 are false, the Ministry of Health said today.
Kim Wilson, the health minister, urged members of the public to rely only on official sources of information to stop “damaging” hearsay fr...
DATE: Mar 16, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter