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The Government was urged today by the Opposition to follow the example of a tourism competitor after the Bahamas announced this week that it was scrapping its Covid-19 Travel Health Visa. Michael Dunkley, the Shadow Health Minister, highlighted the a...

The number of active Covid-19 cases has dropped slightly, according to latest figures released last night. A total of 334 positive results were returned from 8,589 tests, giving a positivity rate of four per cent. The tests were taken in the seven da...

The Ministry of Health was unable to issue its weekly Covid-19 update tonight because of a technical glitch. A spokeswoman said that the department’s epidemiology and surveillance unit database was offline owing to technical difficulties. The spokes...

A $40 fee for the travel authorisation form is a small price to pay for the safety of tourists and Bermuda, says a Maryland visitor

The Government is under renewed pressure to relax Covid-19 regulations for travellers, after the US dropped the need for testing. From yesterday, travellers entering the US do not have to provide proof of a negative test, although foreigners still ha...

A woman accused of breaking Covid-19 quarantine rules had antibodies that she believed were “equal to, if not better than” a vaccine, Magistrates’ Court heard yesterday. Sophia Cannonier, 52, who took the stand during the second day of her trial, sai...

A couple accused of breaking Covid-19 quarantine rules had a crowd of supporters outside their home on the day a senior health officer came to arrest them, a court heard yesterday. Armell Thomas said that he tried to have Sophia Cannonier, 52, and M...

Changes to the Travel Authorisation process for passengers of three cruise lines were announced by the Minister of Health yesterday. Kim Wilson said that those travellers no longer needed to upload negative coronavirus test results and instead had th...

Leaders in health have urged residents not to quit measures introduced to help protect against Covid-19. Wesley Miller, the Bermuda Hospitals Board Chief of Staff, and Ayoola Oyinloye, the island’s Chief Medical Officer, highlighted yesterday the imp...

The term “pandemic puppy” refers to any puppy born and acquired during the Covid-19 pandemic. It is well known that during the first lockdown there was a huge increase in the demand for puppies. Shelters in Britain recorded a 225 per cent increase i...

Another 343 new positive Covid-19 cases have been reported, it was announced last night. The cases were confirmed among 9,203 test results received by the health ministry from last Tuesday to Monday, representing a four per cent test positivity rate....

A representative of the Pan American Health Organisation met with officials on the island this week to discuss health challenges facing Bermuda. Ian Stein, PAHO’s representative to Jamaica, Bermuda and the Cayman Islands, left the island yesterday af...