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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 ...
10 March – Figures produced by the Office for National Statistics suggest daily COVID cases in Northern Ireland could be as high as 20,000 in Northern Ireland, while official figures from the Department of Health are registering around 2,500 daily cases. It is thought the figures could be skewed by the end of free testing.
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]
On 16 October, Northern Ireland went into an eight-week lockdown, although schools remained open, and some restrictions were eased for one week. The lockdown was mostly lifted on 11 December. Following a brief easing of restrictions at Christmas, another lockdown was imposed on 26 December, including schools, as the positivity rate rose sharply.
People in that age group will be able to book a jab from noon on Thursday.
England was the UK country with the highest recorded death rate per capita, followed by Wales and then Scotland, while Northern Ireland has the lowest per capita. [ 17 ] On 22 April 2020, the Financial Times estimated that 41,000 may have died by that date, by extrapolating the ONS data and counting all deaths above the average for the time of ...
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