Health

City Hospital will be first Nightingale Hospital in Northern Ireland

Belfast City's tower block will be NI's first Nightingale Hospital with 230 beds - surge plans also include expansion at Altnagelvin

Trust will reduce the number of non-urgent outpatient appointments - Emergency/cancer surgery and ante-natal appointments will be unaffected

Health Minister outines first phase of surge plan measures to deal with Coronavirus from now until mid-April - click here for details

The first COVID-19 related death in NI has taken place in a hospital in the Greater Belfast area

Translink asks public to pre-pay tickets at stations and wash hands before boarding buses and trains

Experts generally agree that paracetamol should be first choice against coronavirus, as ibuprofen may affect the immune system

Chief Pharmaceutical Officer Cathy Harrison asks public not to stockpile medicines and not order extra supplies from doctor due to Covid-19

Coronavirus now a 'notifiable' disease, requiring Northern Ireland's GPs to inform the Public Health Agency if they suspect a case

Public Health Agency asked 10 pupils and staff from Limavady Grammar School returning from Italy to self-isolate for 14 days as precaution

Derry has an air pollution crisis, says Sinead McLaughlin MLA - Brandywell had worst levels of coal smoke pollution in UK in recent years

With 62% of NI adults now overweight, the Western Trust is promoting its 'Extras' nutrition campaign: https://www.choosetolivebetter.com/