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The Chief of Staff at the Bermuda Hospitals Board said that the community was the “first line of defence” against Covid-19, as he urged citizens to help stop the spread of the disease.
Michael Richmond told The Royal Gazette that a supply of N95 resp...
DATE: Mar 30, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A special bus service for hospital workers has been set up.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Tourism and Transport and the Department of Public Transportation said that the temporary schedule would service routes 1, 3, 6, 7, 8 and 11 every day and wo...
DATE: Mar 30, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
People struggling from alcoholism and drug addiction have been assured they will not have to “suffer in silence” during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Health experts have warned that those dependent on alcohol and drugs are more likely to relapse as their ro...
DATE: Mar 30, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Stephen Wright
The threshold for the importation of medical cannabis has rocketed to 2,000 grams a year from an annual limit of just one gram per year.
A spokeswoman for the health ministry said the Government was “processing an application for a commercial importe...
DATE: Mar 30, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Stranded students affected by the coronavirus pandemic could be returned to Bermuda by an “air bridge”, the Premier said last night.
David Burt added that he felt morally obliged to look after people stuck in other countries.
The Premier said that an...
DATE: Mar 30, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Sophia Cannonier is used to not seeing her two eldest children while they are away at boarding school — but now she has no idea when she will next be reunited with them.
Ravi and Vidya Cannonier-Watson, who are both studying dance in Britain, were un...
DATE: Mar 30, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
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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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
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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Other
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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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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
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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