New Restrictions in Effect From January 7th
Changes to the regulations — including the curfew moving from 11pm to midnight and a change in business closure time from 10pm to 11pm — will come into effect at 6am on Thursday, January 7th.
A spokesperson said, “The following restrictions will come into effect on Thursday, 7 January, 2021 at 6am:
- The hours of curfew will be from midnight until 5am;
- Businesses will be required to close at 11pm, whereas they’re currently now required to close at 10pm;
- Personal services restrictions will be relaxed, to allow for any personal care services that require masks to be removed (beards, facials, electrolysis);
- In gyms, physical distancing requirements will be reduced from ten feet, between patrons, to six feet; and
- The number of people who can attend an outdoor funeral will be increased from ten to 20.
“All other restrictions remain unchanged, including gatherings remain restricted to no more than ten people, and indoor bars and nightclubs will remain closed,” the Government said.
A recent report running in the international media claims that 1 in 50 UK residents now have corona virus including the new strain.
Why hasn’t the Bermuda Gvt increased protection for the Island in respect of arriving UK passengers?
If we want to continue allowing the flight to enter–which is fine–then all arriving passengers should be held to very strict quarantine requirements (14 days) to ensure they are not importing the virus.
I am very surprised the Minister is quiet on this point.
Covid kills roughly up to one tenth of a percent of the population in most other countries of similar development and economic status. In Bermuda, that would equate to 65 deaths to be on par with America. Bermuda is logically doing much better than other similar countries.