Thursday, May 14th, 2020 Today there were 45 test results received by the Ministry of Health, and one was positive for COVID-19. Sadly, however, COVID has claimed another casualty and Bermuda has lost another life to this terrible disease. Today’s positive case is also the individual who passed away. Bermuda’s has 122 total confirmed positive …
Thursday, May 14th, 2020 The Ministry of Education is advising parents and students to avoid a misleading and false advertisement that is circulating on social media and What’s App. The advertisement claim is for an offer of free laptops for youth by the Government. The message contains a link to a hoax website. At a …
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Wednesday, May 13th, 2020 Embedded video for 13 May COVID-19 Update Good evening Bermuda. Thank you for tuning in and welcoming us into your homes once again for our COVID-19 briefing. Today we will have an update from the Minister of Health on items dealing with the Ministry of Health and the latest test results. …
Wednesday, May 13th, 2020 Embedded video for Update on Unemployment Benefit Program & COVID-19 Fiscal Plan Good afternoon, It has been several weeks since the Government passed legislation on March 24th to provide unemployment benefits to those impacted by COVID-19 related job losses. In a very short time leading up to (and during) the Shelter …
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Tuesday, May 12th, 2020 The Transport Control Department (TCD) advises the public that the telephone call-in service offered just prior to reopening has restarted and is immediately available for all customers. The public will recall that the service was originally launched to provide customers without Internet access the option of calling in to relicense their …
Tuesday, May 12th, 2020 Embedded video for International Nurses Day Today is International Nurses Day. As such, the Minister of Health the Hon. Kim Wilson JP MP recorded a brief video message to mark the day and to thank all of Bermuda’s nurses for their dedication the profession and to the people of Bermuda, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. …
Tuesday, May 12th, 2020 For the most part, we are seeing broad cooperation from the community and their compliance with Phase One of the Regulations. We are however monitoring various community chatter about the possibility of planned events to commemorate Bermuda Day. Again I urge the public to please be mindful of the guidelines in …
Monday, May 11th, 2020 Good evening. Tonight I am filling in for the Premier, he is out this evening celebrating the birthday of his son Ed. So we wish Ed a happy birthday and we look forward to seeing the Premier back with us on Wednesday at the next press conference. Today we will have …
Monday, May 11th, 2020 Good Afternoon, Between Sunday and today there were 469 test results received by the Ministry of Health; and 1 was positive for COVID-19. I am, however, deeply saddened to say that we lost another person to COVID-19 over the weekend. As is the norm, details of this individual won’t be made …
Monday, May 11th, 2020 Good afternoon. A week after the Government’s announcement of a phased reopening of Bermuda’s economy, this is now an opportune time to update the country with an overview of the measures being implemented by the Ministry of Tourism & Transport to restore public transportation and reintroduce scheduled commercial flights to …