COVID-19 UPDATE

COVID-19 Update The Ministry of Health cannot confirm the presence of the new variant of COVID-19 BA.2.86 on the island. However, the Ministry has recently sent samples to the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) for sequencing, and the Office of the Chief Medical Officer continues to consult with the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) regarding […]

 

COVID-19 VACCINE PROGRAMME TRANSITION

March 2nd, 2023 The Ministry of Health advises that the COVID-19 vaccine certificate will no longer be available on the gov.bm portal after March 31 2023, as the ResQwest Pandemic Administration System is going offline. All vaccine information in ResQwest will be migrated to the Department of Health’s immunisation database, the electronic immunisation registry (EIR). “Starting […]

 

ORAL ANTIVIRUS TREATMENT FOR COVID-19

February 5th, 2023 COVID-19 antivirals and therapeutics, Paxlovid and Molnupiravir, are now available in Bermuda. These oral antivirals are available by prescription only from a physician. “We are grateful to the UK Government and Government House for facilitating the availability of these antivirals”, said Minister of Health Kim Wilson, JP, MP. “Unfortunately, people are still dying from […]

 

FALSE WHATSAPP MESSAGE – COVID-OMICRON XBB

January 3rd 2023. The Ministry of Health is aware of a false Whatsapp message claiming that the COVID-Omicron XBB coronavirus is different, deadly and not easy to detect correctly. And that the COVID-Omicron XBB is 5 times more virulent than the Delta variant and has a higher mortality rate than it. This message did not […]

 

MINISTRY OF HEALTH COVID-19 UPDATE OCTOBER 5 2022

COVID-19 Update 5 October 2022 Wednesday, October 5th, 2022 Since the last update, the Ministry of Health received 2916 test results, and 66 were positive for the coronavirus, giving a test positivity rate of 2%. These results are from testing done on:  Tuesday: 10 positive out of 499 results (2.0% positivity)  Wednesday:  19 positive out […]

 

ROADMAP TO END OF PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY

29.9.22 Here you will find the press release detailing the roadmap to the end of the public health emergency.