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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 ...

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...

Dear Sir, I often wonder who comes up with the numbers for statistics. You report, “The island remained free of confirmed cases of the virus yesterday and 45 people were self-monitoring.” Where did this number come from? I have just returned from th...

My first thought was to write an analogy of the animals walking into the ark just before the biblical flood. However, I will use another more recent analogy of animals behaving in a peculiar way. In December 2004, I recall hearing of wild animals hu...

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...

Dear Sir, I heard from a Bermuda Member of Parliament that the Premier will consider closing our borders once a case of Covid-19 tests positive here. Sounds like a homeowner who knows other homes are being burnt down by Molotov cocktails being throw...

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...

The spread of coronavirus has created worldwide panic among governments and its citizens. Political views aside, opposing parties in countries all over Europe are coming together to intervene in the spread of Covid-19. Bermuda has the opportunity to...

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” ...

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...

The Carifta Aquatic Sports Championship has become the latest event to postponed due to the worldwide spread of Covid-19. The Championships were scheduled to be held from April 3 to 15 at the Aquatic Centre in Wildey, Barbados, and would have feature...

Public schools will remain open as Bermuda prepares to do battle with Covid-19, the Government announced this afternoon. A spokeswoman for the Department of Education said that the Government was “taking preventive and protective measures, working cl...