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The Bermuda Post Office is advising the public that front counter postal services will resume five days a week starting tomorrow, May 25.
Front counter postal services were only previously available on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. Hours of ope...
DATE: May 24, 2020
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Press Release
Advice from health officials to diabetics to properly manage the disease over the Covid-19 pandemic could be “unrealistic”, a doctor has warned.
Annabel Fountain, an endocrinologist and diabetes specialist, said that the Government’s list of “extreme...
DATE: May 23, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Three new cases of Covid-19 were discovered at a rest home, test results released last night revealed.
The health ministry said that “public health action” was under way to “contain and manage the situation” at the rest home.
The latest three cases —...
DATE: May 23, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Saliva tests for Covid-19 could be introduced in the next few weeks, MPs heard yesterday.
David Burt, the Premier, said that he hoped the procedure — less complicated than present methods — would be operational “as quickly as possible”.
He told a vir...
DATE: May 23, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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Superyachts will be allowed to drop anchor in Bermuda waters despite Covid-19 restrictions, under a policy approved by Cabinet.
Zane DeSilva, the tourism minister, said the Bermuda Tourism Authority estimated allowing luxury vessels into island water...
DATE: May 23, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda has been spared a spike in deaths during the coronavirus crisis — unlike some other countries.
There has been an increase in mortality rates, well above official counts of Covid-19 deaths, reported in other countries.
Italy, one of the world’...
DATE: May 23, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The government emergency unemployment benefits scheme set up over the Covid-19 crisis could be extended, The finance minister signalled yesterday.
Curtis Dickinson said the programme, at first scheduled to run for 12 weeks, is being “assessed”.
Mr Di...
DATE: May 23, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Charities mobilised as the coronavirus crisis developed and the British Government pitched in to provide medical supplies, the House of Assembly heard yesterday.
David Burt, the Premier, said Britain had sent 15,000 PCR tests for the virus, 26,000 N9...
DATE: May 23, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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A thrift store is to sell clothes at bargain basement prices to help families that have struggled because of the Covid-19 crisis.
ReStore Thrift Shop will sell most of its stock for between $1 and $2 to help clear its inventory and help people in the...
DATE: May 23, 2020
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Other
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A former cafe manager and first-time businesswoman has launched a brand management business — despite the Covid-19 crisis and its economic disruption.
Kori Hypolite’s Equilateral Studio is focused on the health and wellness sector and was designed to...
DATE: May 23, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jessie Moniz Hardy