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Bermuda Hospitals Board [BHB] today announced that Butterfield & Vallis won the Corporate Blood Drive. A spokesperson said, “In this ninth competition, 15 local companies competed. Every blood donation from an employee or an employee’s friends and family, counts towards the final total. The winner is always announced on World Blood Donor Day, which is today, […]

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Bermuda Hospitals Board’s Mid-Atlantic Wellness Institute [MWI] today [June 4] celebrated the first anniversary of the formation of its Community and Intellectual Disability Team [CIDT] with a Fête of Exceptionalities. A spokesperson said, “The community event saw persons with intellectual disabilities; their friends and family, the CIDT and MWI senior leaders join for a day […]

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The Government’s “mass vaccination programme will end on March 31st,” Minister of Health Kim Wilson said, adding that after that, it will be available through physicians’ offices and participating pharmacies and “there will likely be a charge for this service.” In releasing last night’s [Feb 10] test results, Minister Wilson said, “As a reminder, the Bermuda […]

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As of February 5th, Bermuda has administered a total of 123,082 vaccinations and 73.1% of the population has received one dose, 71.9% have had two doses, and 69.4% of those eligible for a booster have received it. In releasing the latest test results, a Government spokesperson said, “Since January 11, 2021, Bermuda residents have received […]

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The Ministry received 3063 test results — spanning three days — and 88 were positive, so there are now 272 active cases, of which 12 people are in hospital, and the Ministry confirmed the sad news that the island has recorded another coronavirus related death, marking the 120th since the pandemic began. “Bermuda has recorded […]

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Members of the Us For Them group held a meeting with Health Minister Kim Wilson and health officials, with the Us For Them group calling the meeting “completely fruitless” and added “we feel it is quite clear they are not willing to meaningfully address our concerns,” while the Minister  said they “appreciate their specific mask-wearing concerns” […]

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Premier David Burt, Minister of Health Kim Wilson and the Minister of Youth, Culture and Sport Dr. Ernest Peets are holding a virtual town hall meeting on the Government media this evening [Feb 8] to “further discuss changes to the Public Health Emergency regulations.” You can find more information on the links below from our […]

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Premier David Burt, Minister of Health, Kim Wilson and the Minister of Youth, Culture and Sport Dr. Ernest Peets will host a virtual town hall meeting tomorrow [Feb 8] to “further discuss changes to the Public Health Emergency regulations.” A Government spokesperson said, “As a follow up from Friday’s House of Assembly announcements, Premier David […]

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The OBA was “pleased to listen to the statements in Parliament today regarding to changes to Covid restrictions,” OBA MP Michael Dunkley said, adding they are “pleased to learn that there will be a streamlining of border entry requirements” and the elimination of SafeKey “is a welcome relief for restaurants, gyms, charter boats, members clubs and […]

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[Updating] Minister of Health Kim Wilson is delivering remarks in the House of Assembly today [Feb 4] on “Living with Covid – The Public Health Emergency.” We will update with the full statement as able, and in the meantime the live audio is below. Update: Full statement to come, in the meantime a short summary: […]

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