New restrictions aimed at limiting the spread of coronavirus in parts of Northern Ireland come into effect on Monday. The restrictions will be in place for a minimum of two weeks. Over the weekend, 191 more people tested positive for coronavirus in Northern Ireland, according to the North’s Department of Health. According to the department’s most recent figures, published on Friday, 568 people with the virus have so far died in the North. Dr Tom Black, the chair of the BMA’s Northern Ireland Council, said members were “rightly worried that we have not been able to get this disease under control.

Source: The Irish Times September 13, 2020 22:52 UTC