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Bermuda’s reserves of Covid-19 test kits will be boosted to about 2,000 after a relief flight from Britain arrives on Monday, it was revealed last night. Kim Wilson, the health minister, added that a new laboratory enhanced with extra equipment also...

Essential workers will be able to bypass supermarket queues after a joint effort by island supermarkets, it was announced yesterday. The companies involved said that the measure was designed to “ensure that those on the front lines, looking after us...

On this day in 1967, the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr made a transformative speech at the iconic Riverside Baptist Church, in New York City — the epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic in the United States. The address, entitled Beyond Vietnam: A Ti...

After the announcement that Bermuda has entered a state of emergency, the Bermuda Hospitals Board is suspending services at the Lamb Foggo Urgent Care Centre from today. This is being done to focus much needed resources on the King Edward VII Memoria...

Shopping habits will be strictly regulated under the two-week shelter-at-home restrictions that started this morning. Wayne Caines, the national security minister, said only limited movement would be allowed — a policy enforced by police officers and...

Two more people have been diagnosed with Covid-19, the health ministry revealed tonight. The cases — both of whom are in hospital — bring the total for Bermuda to 37 cases. The news came after 25 test results came back, 23 of which were clear. A Gove...

A café has joined forces with a charity team to deliver meals to people in need over the coronavirus crisis. Husband and wife Ben and Katerina Smith, owners of Nonna’s Kitchen on Hamilton’s Bermudiana Road, said they had worked with the Third Sector ...

Police warned today that they were aware of a plan by rogue motorcyclists for a breach of the 24-hour shelter in place order. A spokesman said the “Moto Purge” had been promoted on social media with the intention of “pulling chase” from police office...

As residents sheltered in place on the first day of Bermuda’s lockdown measures in the battle against Covid-19, The Royal Gazette captured quiet scenes at various island spots. City roads on strips like Front Street and Church Street were empty, as w...

Residents have been advised by the Government to wear cloth face masks when they visit shops and gas stations. Updated social distancing guidelines asked people to avoid the use of surgical masks if possible. The Ministry of Health guidance said: “Th...

Three men are to be charged after they were caught in breach of the curfew rules, police said today. Officers found the men on Devonshire’s Vesey Street just before 9pm on Friday night after complaints about noise nuisance from nearby residents. Poli...

Residents have to “dig deep” over the next two weeks to help the island avoid a devastating outbreak of Covid-19, the Premier said yesterday.David Burt insisted Bermuda could slow the spread of the novel coronavirus that causes the deadly disease, as...