There is a risk of Northern Ireland recording 1,000 Covid-19 cases a day within a month if the current pattern continues, the North’s chief scientific officer has warned. In a month from now we would be at around 1,000 cases per day if we continued on current trends,” said Prof Young. Pub closing timesProf Young issued his warning on a day when the First Minister Arlene Foster announced a new pub closing time of 11pm for Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland has now recorded 11,269 Covid-19 cases in all and the department says there have been 578 related deaths. She said Northern Ireland had seen around 9,000 redundancies during the pandemic and that with the furlough scheme ending next month there was “potential for a further spike in redundancies”.

Source: The Irish Times September 29, 2020 14:06 UTC