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Civil servants will not agree to austerity measures until there is a clear plan for the economy, the head of the island’s white collar union warned last night. Armell Thomas, the president of the Bermuda Public Services Union, highlighted the crucial...

March 24: Health officials meet with care home directors to discuss ways that care homes can protect seniors from Covid-19. Measures discussed include banning visitors, boosting cleaning and emergency plans if residents are infected. April 8: a seni...

Ten more cases of Covid-19 were identified yesterday at the island’s biggest care home. The diagnoses took the number of cases confirmed at the Westmeath Residential and Nursing Home in Pembroke to 13 — 11 residents and two staff. That number is exp...

Bermuda has recorded its sixth Covid-19 related death, the Premier confirmed this evening. The victim was understood to be a resident at the Westmeath Residential and Nursing Home, where 11 residents and two staff members have previously been confirm...

People on two-week quarantine in Government centres will have to spend 14 extra days in isolation if they test positive for the coronavirus. The order, which came into force on Tuesday, said: “A person placed in quarantine under the Quarantine (Inco...

School closures caused by the Covid-19 crisis have not led to substantial cost savings, the private education sector has said. Linda Parker, head of school at Bermuda High School, said that although BHS had been closed since March 18 “no significant...

Almost $30,000 worth of mobile phone services has been donated to about 200 soldiers called up to battle the spread of Covid-19. Digicel and One Communications explained the donations were made to Royal Bermuda Regiment troops to show appreciation of...

The head of the Bermuda Medical Doctors Association has thanked the private sector for its support during the Covid-19 crisis. Henry Dowling, the president of the BMDA, noted that the sector had helped out when the Government and the Bermuda Hospital...

There is a group of conditions that when grouped together are called metabolic syndrome. These are type 2 diabetes, hypertension, obesity and heart disease. Obesity causes chronic stress and inflammation leading to the complications of heart disease...

Bermuda’s lockdown is encouraging even the most seasoned in our faith community to utilise alternate methods of communication in order to sustain their friendships and faith. This was evident on Saturday, April 11 when a group of singers — all membe...

While most of us are safe at home during the Covid-19 pandemic, essential workers put their lives at risk to keep Bermuda going. The Royal Gazette salutes these selfless men and women in hospitals, supermarkets, delivery vans, gas stations and other ...

The worried daughter of a resident in a care home at the centre of a Covid-19 outbreak last night questioned why strict social-distancing was enforced only after a second staff member tested positive for the disease last week. The woman said she spok...