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19 June – Northern Ireland Education Minister Peter Weir confirms the Northern Ireland Executive have agreed to extend the country's free meals scheme to cover the summer holidays. [ 33 ] 20 June – *Northern Ireland records one death in the most recent 24 hour period, but no new cases of COVID-19 for the first time since March.
23 April – Northern Ireland records a day without any COVID-related deaths. [57] 24 April – No COVID deaths are recorded in Northern Ireland for a second consecutive day. [58] 28 April – Families of care home residents want to know why hospital patients were discharged to homes without being tested for COVID-19. [59]
Health Minister Robin Swann warned residents should not start ‘behaving as if the pandemic is over’.
Meanwhile, two more people who had previously tested positive for Covid-19 have died in Northern Ireland, the Department of Health said. Another 2,465 confirmed cases of the virus have also been ...
Arlene Foster, Northern Ireland's former First Minister, gives evidence to the COVID-19 Inquiry, telling the hearing that the UK government should have stepped in to make decisions on preparations for a health emergency in Northern Ireland during the three years it had no functioning government between January 2017 and January 2020. [142]
The figures are as reported daily at coronavirus.data.gov.uk. [35] From the week of 21 February 2022, the UK Health Security Agency stopped publishing dashboard updates at weekends. Figures for Saturday and Sunday are now combined with Monday's figures. The source stopped reporting numbers after May 2022. [36]
The following is a timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom in 2024. There are significant differences in the legislation and the reporting between the countries of the UK: England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales. The numbers of cases and deaths are reported on a government Web site updated daily during the pandemic. [1]
The most recent COVID-19 vaccine should offer protection against the XEC variant, Russo says. “The most recent version of the vaccine seems to be reasonably well-matched,” he says.