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Covid testing to end for health staff and visitors with no symptoms

Covid-19 testing for most symptomless staff and visitors in health settings will end in Northern Ireland from Monday. The move comes as the region’s chief medical officer said the number of Covid cases is likely to rise again this winter. Advice to ...

30 Sept 2022 at 13:11

Avian Influenza Prevention Zone in Northern Ireland to be lifted

The Avian Influenza Prevention Zone across Northern Ireland is to be lifted. A ban on poultry gatherings will also end on June 1. The biosecurity measures were introduced on November 17 2001 in response to an outbreak of avian influenza. ...

24 May 2022 at 10:45

Covid cases ‘could rise rapidly as isolation ends’

Covid cases could rise “rapidly” as isolation ends, Government scientists have warned, with some saying the next variant could be more deadly. A sub-group informing the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) suggested ...

18 Feb 2022 at 16:55

Axing Plan B will slow decline of Covid, but there is still ’cause for optimism’

Axing Plan B measures will slow the rate of decline of coronavirus cases, but there is “cautious optimism” the UK can continue to make good progress, a leading expert has said. Professor Mike Tildesley, from the University of ...

19 Jan 2022 at 18:25

Health chiefs believed pandemic was imminent in 1997

Health chiefs drew up a contingency plan for a flu pandemic in 1997, which included a widespread vaccination programme, the possible closure of schools and restricting international travel. The plans have been revealed in ...

29 Dec 2021 at 01:25

Northern Ireland

Covid testing to end for health staff and visitors with no symptoms

30 Sept 2022 at 22:33

Flu and Covid-19 hospital admissions fall, though levels remain high

Flu and Covid-19 hospital admissions in England fell last week, though levels remain high, figures show. Health experts said the numbers should be treated with caution as they are likely to have been affected by fewer ...

05 Jan 2023 at 16:38

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Protect your family from Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV), Flu and Winter viruses

IFA Farm Family and Social Affairs Chair, Teresa Roche urges people to help limit the spread of COVID-19, Influenza and Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV). The HSE has said there has been a substantial increase in the ...

20 Jan 2024 at 13:33

Experts concerned about how far bird flu is spreading globally

Experts have expressed concern about how far across the world bird flu is spreading and say its spread should be closely monitored. Avian influenza has been detected as far away as South America and the virus has ...

10 Feb 2023 at 18:09

Poultry allowed outside again after risk of bird flu lowers

An order requiring all bird owners to keep their animals indoors to reduce the spread of avian influenza is to be lifted, the Government has said. Bird keepers have been subject to a national housing order since ...

11 Apr 2023 at 16:04

Heart attack risk may heighten when someone is fighting off flu – study

People who get flu have a higher risk of heart attack for a week after they have been diagnosed with the virus, a new study suggests. Experts said that the risk can be as much as six times higher in the seven ...

28 Mar 2023 at 23:01

Health & Wellbeing

Heart attack risk may heighten when someone is fighting off flu

29 Mar 2023 at 09:41

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