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The island’s active cases of Covid-19 have climbed to 1,604 — the second highest level recorded since the pandemic hit the island almost two years ago. There were 689 positive cases from 7,125 tests carried out from last Tuesday to Thursday. Tuesday’...

The Premier yesterday apologised for delays in coronavirus testing that were branded “chaotic” by the Opposition. David Burt admitted there had a been a “difference of opinion” with Carika Weldon, the scientist in charge of the test system, as he def...

No arrests for drink driving were made at the island’s roadside breath test checkpoints over the Christmas holiday. The checkpoints, which earlier reported no arrests up to Christmas Eve, went the rest of the way to their final night on Boxing Day wi...

The Government is to introduce a pilot at-home coronavirus antigen test programme at some schools, The Royal Gazette understands. A letter said to be from Kalmar Richards, the Commissioner of Education, was sent to “system leaders” after a backlog o...

The Government may relax quarantine measures imposed to stem a recent surge in coronavirus infections, The Royal Gazette can reveal. A spokeswoman for the Ministry of Health confirmed that the Government was aware that other countries had reduced qua...

Both senior schools will stay shut today, the Government announced last night. CedarBridge Academy and Berkeley Institute will continue with remote learning amid problems with coronavirus testing of large numbers of staff and pupils across the school...

The shambles surrounding Bermuda’s much hyped Covid-19 testing system worsened at the end of last week with the resignation of Dr Carika Weldon as the Government’s scientific adviser. Dr Weldon returned to Bermuda from the UK at the beginning of the...

Phone software may have cut cases of Covid-19 by as much as 20 per cent during the island’s worst outbreak, the company that created the programme has said. WeHealth, a US-based firm, said that the app, now being used by about 25 per cent of resident...

The Government last night stayed tight-lipped on how essential services had been affected by the latest wave of coronavirus infections — despite repeated questions from The Royal Gazette. Officials were e-mailed a series of questions last week a...

The Government failed to listen to the profession before the “massively botched” reopening of the island’s public schools, the Bermuda Union of Teachers said yesterday. Nishanthi Bailey, the BUT president, said teachers had been “bullied” by the educ...

A scientist sounded the alarm four times last week that the coronavirus test system was about to be overwhelmed by the latest outbreak — but was ignored by Government officials. Carika Weldon, the director of the Molecular Diagnostic and Research Lab...

The Government came under fire yesterday from the Leader of the Opposition for a “frustrating and unbelievable” delay in Covid-19 tests that was followed by the resignation of the programme’s top scientist. Cole Simons said the Government had “ignore...