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Bermuda's Gov't tight-lipped on report that 10 patients tested positive for COVID-19 at seniors' home
Saturday, April 25, 2020
HAMILTON, Bermuda (CMC)— The Government of Bermuda has remained tight lipped on reports that 10 patients at the island's largest senior citizen's home, have tested positive for COVID-19.
Late Friday, Health Minister Kim Wilson declined to comment on a newspaper story on the situation at the Westmeath Residential and Nursing Home.
Three positive cases, two of them staff members, were previously confirmed at the home, while another care home, Matilda Smith Seniors Residence, has had 27 confirmed cases of the virus.
According to Wilson, 80 test results had been processed on Friday, but the results would not be made available until doctors and patients had been informed.
Wilson said testing would be rolled out at every care home on the island, with four of the 21 tested so far.
The Health Minister, citing privacy, criticised the newspaper for reporting earlier in the day on 10 new cases of the virus at Westmeath.
She also declined to identify the two private homes where testing had been conducted, saying: “I'm not sure that's a necessary question.”...
Bermuda's Gov't tight-lipped on report that 10 patients tested positive for COVID-19 at seniors' home
Saturday, April 25, 2020
HAMILTON, Bermuda (CMC)— The Government of Bermuda has remained tight lipped on reports that 10 patients at the island's largest senior citizen's home, have tested positive for COVID-19.
Late Friday, Health Minister Kim Wilson declined to comment on a newspaper story on the situation at the Westmeath Residential and Nursing Home.
Three positive cases, two of them staff members, were previously confirmed at the home, while another care home, Matilda Smith Seniors Residence, has had 27 confirmed cases of the virus.
According to Wilson, 80 test results had been processed on Friday, but the results would not be made available until doctors and patients had been informed.
Wilson said testing would be rolled out at every care home on the island, with four of the 21 tested so far.
The Health Minister, citing privacy, criticised the newspaper for reporting earlier in the day on 10 new cases of the virus at Westmeath.
She also declined to identify the two private homes where testing had been conducted, saying: “I'm not sure that's a necessary question.”...