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A pair of schoolgirls have been recognised for their films on the dangers of radio waves at a documentary screening.
Seri Fisher, 9, won a student film competition for her homemade film on the effects of electromagnetic frequencies on the environment...
DATE: Mar 16, 2020
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David Burt said this evening that the Government expected to have on-island testing capability for the coronavirus later this week.
In a video address to Bermuda, the Premier said: “Covid-19 testing continues to be performed at the Caribbean Public H...
DATE: Mar 16, 2020
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Worshippers could be asked to stay at home while church services are broadcast online and on the radio to prevent the spread of the potential killer strain of coronavirus.
National security minister Wayne Caines will meet with church leaders at Cabin...
DATE: Mar 16, 2020
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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AUTHOR:
Sam Murley