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Premier Provides Update, 7 December 2020

The following statement was issued this evening by Premier, the Hon. David Burt, JP, MP: “I must first thank everyone in the Ministry of Health for their outstanding work. They have worked long hours and weekends for many months now. As a…

COVID-19 Press Release - 7 December 2020

Good Day Members of the Media, 

There were 1458 test results received by the Ministry of Health over the weekend (5-6 December 2020), and eighteen were positive for COVID-19. 

Thirteen of the new cases are classified as…

Annual Christmas Tree Inspection Underway

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) staff are currently involved in a full-scale examination of all imported Christmas trees. This year in the absence of the overseas pre-inspection by the Department of Environment and…

Ministry Provides Update on Dellwood School

Today, the Ministry of Health has provided the staff, students and parents of Dellwood Middle School with an update on actions that are to be taken by the Dellwood family. These actions relate to the 14-day quarantine; COVID-19 retesting; further…

Ministry of Education Announce COVID-19 Developments at CedarBridge Academy

The Ministry of Health has confirmed a positive case of the COVID-19 virus at CedarBridge Academy. The Ministry of Education will now execute our new protocol when we are informed of a positive test result in a school and close the…

COVID-19 Update: Bars and Clubs, 5 December 2020

Good Day Members of the Media, 

The Ministry of Health is advising that, as of today (December 5, 2020), bars and clubs are now required to close at midnight, rather than 2am as was previously permitted.

The BERMUDA PUBLIC…

COVID-19 Update Dec 5 2020

Good Day Members of the Media, 

There were 1062 test results received by the Ministry of Health yesterday (4 December 2020), and ten were positive for COVID-19. 

One of the new cases is classified as imported with…

Update on Clearwater Middle School 4th December 2020

The Ministry of Health has determined the next steps that are to be taken for Clearwater staff and students who have been out of the school building since December 1st, while a risk assessment was being conducted by the Department of Health.…

COVID Regulations Compliance

I’m joined by Assistant Police Commissioner Martin Weekes, and we wanted to have this briefing today because as we’ve seen in recent weeks and days, there’s been an increase in the numbers of COVID cases here in Bermuda.

As you can…

Ministerial Statement: Fall 2020 Financial Support for Bermuda College Students & College Promise “Merit Award” Programme, December 4th, 2020

Mr. Speaker, 

This morning I rise before this Honourable House to provide an interim report on the annual Government Tuition Grant of $300,000 given to the Bermuda College for financial support to students; and, to…