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From the edge of the sea at the end of the lane, in the second most isolated country on the planet I hope you are well and safe as you read this; and making the best of your circumstances. Having said this, if you are anything like me, you could prob...

A state of emergency to fight the Covid-19 crisis was rubber-stamped by the House of Assembly yesterday. MPs unanimously approved the measure, to run to 6am on April 18, after John Rankin, the Governor, signed it into law last week. David Burt, the P...

Two men have been charged with breaches of the 24-hour shelter-in-place order that came into force at the weekend. Christopher Eggen, 31, from Southampton, was alleged to have breached the curfew last Sunday. He denied the offence, but yesterday seni...

A British Airways charter flight returned 129 people who had been stranded in Britain to the island yesterday. The aircraft delivered passengers, including seniors and students, as well as 1,800 virus test kits and personal protection equipment for e...

Social-media messages should be included in official documents as the island battles the Covid-19 crisis, the Information Commissioner said yesterday. Gitanjali Gutierrez asked government officials to make sure that proper records were kept as peopl...

Anxiety and depression cases have spiked after restrictions to contain Covid-19 were imposed, a therapy centre said. Claudia Cobon, a senior clinical psychologist at the Solstice clinic, said she had “definitely” seen an increase in worry and anxiety...

More troops are to be called up to boost the enforcement of the state of emergency shelter-in-place regulations, the Government said last night. Wayne Caines, the national security minister, said he would today ask John Rankin, the Governor, to incre...

Bermuda has suffered its first two deaths from Covid-19, it was revealed last night. David Burt, the Premier, said he was “extremely sad” to break the news to the country. He added: “All the days have been tough. The day I had today was not as tough...

It was with relief that I read in The Royal Gazette last Friday that the British Government was supplying to the Bermuda Government medical equipment, in particular testing kits and personal protective equipment, which arrived yesterday via British A...

A Bermudian-registered cruise ship is under police investigation in Australia after passengers — many later found to have been infected with Covid-19 — were allowed to disembark without being questioned about their health. The Ruby Princess, owned b...

A cruise ship with more than 20 Bermudians has docked in South Florida — but many passengers remain on board. Hundreds of passengers were allowed to leave the Coral Princess after it docked on Saturday, but those with symptoms of Covid-19 or recoveri...

This is the second in a three-part series studying the unintended consequences of the novel coronavirus on island and worldwide from an economic standpoint At some point in the next two to three months, the coronavirus infections curve will flatten ...