Too few participants in Northern Ireland to generate a good estimate. Wales & Scotland have wider confidence interval since they are not currently enhancing app data by inviting app users for testing. These figures exclude care homes as there is not enough data from the app to estimate this pop...
In the United Kingdom, the devolved governments of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland make their own decisions about dealing with Covid-19. All too often, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland make more measured decisions than England. The Westminster government appearing obsessed with reo...
“Where staff are attending or returning to workplaces, employers should carefully consider what practical mitigations might be put in place. “This update reflects the evolution of our response to the pandemic. Our vaccination programme and the use of innovative COVID-19 treatments mea...
“This week we have seen restrictions tightened and extended in many countries across the whole of Europe. “The UK Government has announced a strengthened tier regime which will come into force in England from Wednesday. “Today Northern Ireland begins a new two-week lockdown per...
Developed by Dr. Magda Bucholc from Ulster University, thisdashboardreports cases at the local government district in Northern Ireland and county level across the island of Ireland, providing gender and age breakdowns of reported cases, growth rates, and statistics per 100,000 of the population; ...
“Homecare as a sector has performed beyond expectations in terms of restricting the transmission of the Covid-19 virus, despite the fact that millions of homecare visits take place in Northern Ireland annually. “At Connected Health alone, we make 1.6 million physical care visits per year. ...
For more information on our Northern Ireland COVID-19 Vaccination Service, and to book an appointment, please click here. What is a vaccination? A vaccination is a type of medicine that trains the body’s immune system to fight a disease. Unlike most medicines, which are designed to treat ...
Northern Ireland First Minister Michelle O'Neill has apologised for going to the funeral of a senior IRA member while COVID restrictions were in place. Ms O'Neill, who was deputy first minister at the time, signalled her remorse for her actions during the latest...
Asked why this is earlier than in England and Northern Ireland, Mr Drakeford told BBC Breakfast earlier on Friday: “Because the context is different. Today we have 175 people in Wales for every 100,000 contracting coronavirus. “In England a couple of days ago the ...
Prof Banerjee also said that those who have already recovered from Covid-19 need not take a vaccine shot as the antibodies developed in one’s own body are more powerful than a vaccine. Mutations are a natural process in the life of a virus and if it mutates to become virulent, it...