
Health Minister Robin Swann has asked people objecting to Covid-19 vaccination on anti-abortion grounds to think again. The Minister said some pro-life activists are ironically criticising a vaccination programme that will save many lives. “The Covid-19 vaccination programme is not compulsory,” he says. “People are entitled to their own views and […]
Dec 14 2020 | Posted in
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Health Minister Robin Swann has warned that a “festive free for all” would be catastrophic for many individuals and families – as well as our hospitals. The Minister said that while some Covid-19 restrictions are being eased from Friday morning, others remain firmly in place. Let’s remember households are not allowed […]
Dec 11 2020 | Posted in
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Latest figures published by NISRA show that 80 deaths involving Covid-19 occurred in the last week from 28 November to 4 December, and the total Covid-19 related deaths figure has now reached 1,501. Of this total, 884 (58.9%) deaths took place in a hospital, 503 (33.5%) in care homes, nine (0.6%) in hospices […]
Dec 11 2020 | Posted in
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Individuals who work across the arts and the wider creative economy are set to benefit from a further £3.25m of funding, Communities Minister Carál Ní Chuilín has announced. At a meeting with the sector, the Minister outlined a further round of the Individuals Emergency Resilience Programme (IERP) will open for applications on […]
Dec 10 2020 | Posted in
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People in Northern Ireland have been playing their part in the development of a potential new COVID-19 vaccine as part of a UK-wide trial. The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR)-supported Novavax Phase 3 COVID-19 vaccine trial has achieved its recruitment target of 15,203 volunteers just two months after opening in the UK […]
Dec 10 2020 | Posted in
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Health Minister Robin Swann has warned that Northern Ireland is entering a new phase in the Covid-19 pandemic, with “hopes and fears” sitting side by side. And he urged everyone to remain “ultra-vigilant” when it comes to stopping the spread of the virus. “We still have a number of crucial days […]

Health Minister Robin Swann has confirmed that care home residents will be prioritised in the first phase of the Covid-19 vaccination programme. Embed from Getty Images The Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine was approved for use in the UK on 2December 2020, with the first consignment arriving in Northern Ireland two days later. The […]

Ministers have outlined a package of measures agreed by the Executive that will come into effect at the end of the two-week circuit breaker. Shops, hairdressers, restaurants, places of worship and hotels are among the places that will be able to re-open from December 11. Pubs selling drink only (wet pubs) […]
Dec 7 2020 | Posted in
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A 32-year-old Newry gym owner is due to appear at Newry Magistrates Court this morning, Wednesday 2 December after Newry police visited a local gym on several occasions. Police in Newry received reports of a suspected potential breach of Health Protection (Coronavirus Regulations Northern Ireland) Regulations at a gym in Newry on Friday […]

SDLP MLA Colin McGrath has welcomed a decision by the Scottish Government to make a one-off payment to their health and care sector staff of £500 and has called for a similar payment scheme to be introduced across the North. The SDLP Health Spokesperson commented, “We owe a huge debt of gratitude to […]