Robin Swann wants Northern Ireland vaccine certification scheme ‘as soon as necessary’

The 40 NI postcodes with the highest number of positive Covid test results in the last seven days

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Subscribe              Sep 28, 2021             Michael Cousins Acting Managing Editor Good afternoon   Welcome to your afternoon update and Coronavirus email from the News Letter. Subscribe today and save 50% on your first 6 months Check out using promo code ATMN50 For six months, you'll get all of this from just 13p per day Unlimited access to the website 70% fewer ads and an improved experience Interactive daily puzzles Access to the newspaper edition app on mobile, tablet and desktop* Perfect for staying in the know with all the Northern Ireland news and comment.           These are the 40 NI postcodes with the highest number of positive results for Covid-19 in the last seven days           With cases of Coronavirus in Northern Ireland still on the rise, we explore how many positive Covid test results there are in 40 postcodes in Northern Ireland.                 Robin Swann wants Northern Ireland vaccine certification scheme 'as soon as necessary'   Health Minister Robin Swann has said he wants a domestic vaccine certification scheme in place in Northern Ireland "as soon as necessary".           Stormont Ministers agree to end social distancing in shops and theatres   At a meeting on Monday evening, ministers decided to remove the one-metre distance requirement for the retail sector, indoor attractions and seated indoor venues.           Executive ministers divided over need for mandatory 'vaccine passports'   SDLP leader Colum Eastwood has described a decision by DUP and Sinn Féin Ministers not to insert mandatory 'vaccine passports' into Covid regulations as "astounding and reckless" in light of predicted winter pressures on health services.           Almost 500,000 apply for £100 High Street Voucher spending card   The new High Street voucher scheme got off to a rocky start yesterday morning as the web page for applications crashed shortly after it went online.           Former IRA 'folk hero' is 'hardly fitting face for Amnesty International campaign' say unionists   Amnesty International's Northern Irish branch has come in for criticism for involving a former leading IRA man as part of a campaign for "truth and justice".           The unionist parties come together to reject the Northern Ireland Protocol, and call for its replacement with arrangements that respect NI's place in UK   The main unionist parties have come together in a joint statement against the Northern Ireland Protocol.           Man detained over 1993 murder of RUC officer   Detectives investigating the IRA murder of Constable Michael Ferguson in Londonderry in 1993 have arrested a 51-year-old man in the city.                 View more news

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