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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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News Staff
A big-hearted trucker has donated his services free to help pick up trash after government garbage collectors took industrial action earlier this week.
Paul Wilmot said he had already decided to pitch in without payment before the public works minist...
DATE: Mar 28, 2020
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Colin Thompson
People across the island united last night in a massive show of support for essential workers after a social media rallying cry.
Vivienne Rochhead, from St George’s, said that the minute-long “clap session” she and friends organised had turned out to...
DATE: Mar 28, 2020
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A countrywide curfew from 8pm to 6am will be imposed from tomorrow, the Premier announced last night.
David Burt added it would be a “rolling curfew”, which can be imposed for up to three days at a time.
Curfew breakers will face up to six months in...
DATE: Mar 28, 2020
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Another 400 Covid-19 test kits are expected to arrive on Tuesday, the Premier said yesterday.
The news came after he announced two more positive tests, which took the number of Covid-19 cases to 17.
Mr Burt said: “The Minister of Health has confirmed...
DATE: Mar 28, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A hero Bermudian nurse in the front line of the Covid-19 pandemic in America said he fought down his own fear to keep on treating the patients in his care.
Davon Adams, a nurse in a level-one trauma centre in Washington, admitted he “would be lying i...
DATE: Mar 28, 2020
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Police officers attended two private clubs today but found no evidence of Covid-19 regulation breaches, the Commissioner of Police said tonight.
Stephen Corbishley said officers got an anonymous tip off that the Mid Ocean Club in Hamilton Parish was...
DATE: Mar 28, 2020
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