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The Department of Health has today published the phased plan for NI’s Covid-19 vaccination programme. The Northern Ireland model for vaccine deployment has been designed to be pragmatic, agile and flexible. As has been repeatedly emphasised, the rate of progress will be dependent on the availability of vaccines, supplied as part of UK-wide arrangements. The […]
The Moderna vaccine becomes third vaccine to receive approval from Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). The Health Minister has the announcement that the Covid-19 vaccine developed by Moderna has been given regulatory approval: “This week has seen the grave pressures of Covid come to bear on our health service, so news of the approval of a […]
The Department of Health has today reiterated the advice regarding “shielding” by people who are Clinically Extremely Vulnerable CEV) to Covid-19. Updated advice to Clinically Extremely Vulnerable people was issued just before Christmas – with a commitment that letters from the Chief Medical Officer would follow. Some of these letters have already been received. This updated advice […]
The Department of Health has published the ‘Children’s Social Care Statistics for Northern Ireland 2019/20’. Key Facts and Figures: Children in Need At 31 March 2020, 22,414 children in Northern Ireland were known to Social Services as a child in need; Some 33,885 children were referred to Social Services during 2019/20, the largest proportion of […]
The Executive has agreed a package of additional restrictions given the high levels of Covid-19 transmission in the community. Ministers updated the Assembly’s Ad Hoc Committee on the detail of decisions reached, which cover schools and the extension of remote learning until the mid-term break in February; enhanced measures to limit contacts between individuals in […]
The Executive met this evening to discuss the concerning progression of the Covid-19 pandemic. Last month the Executive moved ahead of other jurisdictions to make an intervention that saw the introduction of strict, wide-ranging measures from December 26 for a period of six weeks, and tonight discussed what additional measures are necessary given the very […]
Approval of the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine boosts our confidence that better times are ahead in 2021, Health Minister Robin Swann has stated. The approval by the Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) paves the way for a significant acceleration of Northern Ireland’s vaccination programme. But the Minister has also warned that the coming weeks […]
From today, any person arriving into Northern Ireland who has been in South Africa within the last 14 days must self-isolate for 10 days along with all members of their household. Anyone already in Northern Ireland who has been in South Africa in the previous 14 days is asked to self-isolate along with household members […]
The Department of Health can confirm a positive test for the new variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in Northern Ireland. The confirmation underlines the need for everyone to “redouble our efforts to stop the virus spreading,” Health Minister Robin Swann has emphasised. Genome analysis had been conducted on a small number of suspected Northern Ireland cases, […]
Health Minister Robin Swann has praised the work of the COVID-19 vaccination teams who have now administered the first doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine to more than 25,000 care home residents and frontline Health and Social Care staff. To date, 25,116 vaccine doses have been administered. Those receiving the jabs include 8,031 care home residents – more than […]
The Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) has today published a report on pre-existing conditions associated with Covid-19 related deaths in Northern Ireland. Between 1st March and 30th September 2020, there were 902 Covid-19 related deaths registered in Northern Ireland. Covid-19 was the underlying cause of death (that is, the disease or injury which […]
The Department of Health has updated the advice to Clinically Extremely Vulnerable people to help them keep safe through the Christmas period and beyond. CEV people are reminded to consider very carefully any plans for a Christmas Bubble over the festive period. Unfortunately you remain extremely vulnerable to this virus and the safest option is not […]
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