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Quarantine periods are to be cut from next week, the health minister revealed yesterday. Kim Wilson added that schoolchildren would also switch from PCR tests to the antigen type. Ms Wilson insisted that the changes to quarantine requirements would h...

A maths tutoring centre has teamed up with an asset management firm to launch a scholarship drive to send 500 youngsters to summer maths camps. Equilibria Capital Management has agreed to fund 50 scholarships and it is hoped that the scholarship driv...

The Government yesterday denied it lost its grip on the coronavirus crisis after long delays in the test system left most schools closed on the first day of term and caused “chaotic” scenes at the airport. Kim Wilson, the health minister, defended th...

A traditional charity walk has donated 240 laptops to primary school pupils. The Bermuda End-to-End Charitable Trust announced this week it had handed over the Chromebooks and protective cases to the Ministry of Education. Anne Mello, the chairwoman ...

Quarantine and test rules will be loosened next week, the health minister announced today. Kim Wilson also signalled changes to test requirements for schoolchildren, with a switch from PCR testing requirements to antigen testing. Ms Wilson said the q...

More school classes may need to be taught remotely as the Omicron variant of the coronavirus continued to sweep across the island, the Premier said yesterday. David Burt was speaking after schools failed to reopen last Wednesday as planned — and the...

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...

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...

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 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...

After-school programmes were suspended today at many schools because of the Covid-19 pandemic and delayed test results. The Department of Youth, Sport and Recreation said there will be a delay in the after-school programme and after-school club servi...

Several schools are set to reopen their classrooms to pupils today, but most of the island’s middle schools and senior schools will stay shut. The Department of Education said Victor Scott Preschool would resume classes today, which left St David’s P...