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The vaccine programme has made incredible progress and in less than five months almost one million people have been vaccinated and thousands have been able to receive the vaccine well ahead of schedule.
General views of health workers preparing to vaccinate members of the public at the SSE Arena which has opened as a mass vaccination centre in Belfast, Northern Ireland. (Image: Kelvin Boyes / Press Eye.)
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04 May 2021 A new Governor of Maghaberry Prison has been appointed. The Northern Ireland Prison Service (NIPS) selected David Savage as the new Governor and he took up the post on Monday 03 May having served as Deputy Governor at the Prison since 2019. 04 May 2021 Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has announced that he will be a candidate to succeed Arlene Foster as leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP). NI s agriculture minuter Edwin Poots also declared his candidature last week. Mr Foster announced she is to stand down as leader at the end of May and as First Minister at the end of June.
A new Governor of Maghaberry Prison has been appointed.
The Northern Ireland Prison Service (NIPS) selected David Savage as the new Governor and he took up the post on Monday 03 May having served as Deputy Governor at the Prison since 2019.
Governor Savage takes over from Governor David Kennedy who has been promoted to Director of Prisons at Prison Service Headquarters.
Welcoming the appointment, Director General Ronnie Armour said: David joined the Service in 1997 as an Auxiliary Officer and has worked his way up through various grades to this position. He has played a pivotal role in Maghaberry over the past number of years and in particular through the pandemic.
04 May 2021 A new Governor of Maghaberry Prison has been appointed. The Northern Ireland Prison Service (NIPS) selected David Savage as the new Governor and he took up the post on Monday 03 May having served as Deputy Governor at the Prison since 2019. 04 May 2021 Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has announced that he will be a candidate to succeed Arlene Foster as leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP). NI s agriculture minuter Edwin Poots also declared his candidature last week. Mr Foster announced she is to stand down as leader at the end of May and as First Minister at the end of June.
CORONAVIRUS: County Derry numbers low but Derry City (BT48) has highest rate in NI
Mid Ulster areas Maghera and Magherafelt have seen a decrease in both case numbers and rate per 100,000.
Vaccinations continue at the SSE Arena.
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The number of Covid-19 cases in County Derry has remained around the same level for the previous 14 days, the latest figures have shown.
Only three of the county s postal areas recorded an increase in cases, with Derry City s BT47 & BT48 areas showing the highest increases, with BT48 recording the highest rate per 100,000 of population throughout Northern Ireland.
The number of tests administered fell by 6.6%.