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The weekly Covid-19 press conference scheduled for 5.30pm today has been postponed until Thursday. A government spokeswoman said the postponement would enable David Burt, the Premier, and Kim Wilson, the health minister, time to give an update on “r...

An order for unvaccinated travellers to quarantine from next month was defended by David Burt, the Premier, after the threat of a legal challenge was raised last week. Mr Burt emphasised full details would be given on Thursday, four weeks ahead of th...

A mobile vaccination centre at the Transport Control Department in Pembroke delivered the coronavirus vaccine to 189 people who got their first dose today. They attended TCD on North Street between 10am and 2pm, where David Burt, the Premier, paid a ...

A former leader of the Progressive Labour Party called yesterday for a palace coup by MPs to topple the Premier in a protest over Covid-19 restrictions. Marc Bean, now the leader of the Free Democratic Movement, said action had to be take to remove a...

The Government’s Covid-19 economic recovery plan has stalled due to an “all-out effort” to contain the recent surge in coronavirus cases, the Premier revealed yesterday. David Burt told The Royal Gazette: “I will be completely honest: for the last mo...

Travellers, including Bermudians, who arrive on the island without proof of vaccination against the coronavirus will be under a requirement to quarantine “until there is no longer a global pandemic”, the Premier said yesterday. David Burt was speakin...

Reaching herd immunity against the coronavirus in a month’s time could prove elusive, but the island’s ultimate goal is to eliminate local transmission of the virus, the Premier said yesterday. David Burt said the target was for 70 per cent of the po...

The Government made “significant investments” to allow civil servants to work from home, the Premier said yesterday. However no decision has yet been made about keeping Government employees at home to work as a cost-cutting measure. In a wide-ranging...

Tough restrictions to fight Covid-19 will continue for another two months, the Premier said last night. David Burt said the clampdown would continue until June 24 - but that a gradual easing was possible. He added: “The Government’s hope is for the ...

Imposing stay-at-home or shelter-in-place orders for prolonged periods of time has always depended on the consent of the people. When Bermuda embarked on its efforts to contain the Covid-19 pandemic, it had to put in place laws and severe penalties f...

“A leader is a someone who helps improve the lives of other people or improves the system the live under” — Sam Houston In the run-up to the last General Election, I was asked by Mike Sharpe what was my greatest fear. I expressed that my grea...