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Customs officers have held talks with the Government over on-the-job safety, the Minister of National Security said yesterday. Wayne Caines said that efforts had been made to alleviate concerns which caused customs officers to walk off the job on Wed...

A Bermudian scientist in England yesterday said her genetics research could reduce Covid-19 diagnosis from days to hours and help save lives. Carika Weldon, a researcher at Oxford Genomics Centre, part of Oxford University Hospitals, said: “For me t...

No, I am not afraid. I am absolutely terrified. The breakdown in the economy is frightening enough and when and how we come out of it is very much a daunting question. If our leaders are not hyperventilating yet, they should be. We are a service-dep...

Soldiers from the Royal Bermuda Regiment have mobilised at the airport to help returned residents disembark and transport those who need quarantined outside their homes to special accommodation. Sergeant Giovanni Lema, a member of the RBR’s Motor Tra...

Essential services run by the Department of Works and Engineering are operating as normal, the Government said yesterday. A spokesman for the Ministry of Public Works said that the public would “experience no change in service levels”. He added: “T...

Quarantine and lockdowns are sweeping across the world as countries seek to contain Covid-19 and save lives. Bermuda is now one of those, with the Bermuda Government recently announcing the confirmation of two cases of Covid-19. Inbound flights have ...

On-island tests for Covid-19 have started and more test kits are expected to arrive in Bermuda over the next two weeks, the Premier said yesterday. David Burt added that the maximum turnaround time for results would be 48 hours. Mr Burt said: “This i...

The health system could be “overwhelmed” if the public fails to follow quarantine and isolation rules, the Bermuda Hospitals Board’s chief of staff warned today. Michael Richmond said that the BHB backed “decisive action” by the Government to limit ...

The Premier yesterday gave a stark warning he would not hesitate to “do what has been done in other places and shut down the entire country for a period of 14 days” if people failed to stick to quarantine rules. David Burt warned that heavy fines or ...

The health minister today slapped closure orders on a string of places and events to cut the spread of Covid-19. Kim Wilson used public health laws to shut down schools, gyms, beauty salons, spas, barbers’ shops and church services, with the exceptio...

The island will not know if community transmission of the coronavirus has started until more test results come in, the Premier said tonight. But the Premier said he was “certain” that there were returning Bermudians who had flown in recently from the...

An emergency flight set up to get US citizens in Bermuda home today has been cancelled. A WestJet flight from Toronto to Bermuda to bring Bermudians home and transport Canadians back which was scheduled for today has also been cancelled. A Government...