THERE was widespread anger yesterday, Wednesday, following an attempted robbery that saw the perpetrator allegedly attempt to stab a member of staff in a busy Enniskillen shop. Shoppers and staff at Loane’s Costcutters on the Cornagrade road detained a man yesterday morning and held him to the ground after he allegedly attempted to stab a member of staff in the shop. PSNI officers later arrested a man and woman in relation to the incident, that also saw two people subsequently hospitalised. A Northern Ireland Ambulance Service (NIAS) spokesperson said: “We received a 999 call at 10.21 on Wednesday, May 26 following reports of an incident in the Cornagrade Road area of Enniskillen.
Department of Health reported 66 new cases of Covid-19 today but no further deaths Digital Staff
No further deaths linked to Covid-19 have been recorded in the last 24 hours.
It is the eighth consecutive day that no deaths have been reported by the Department of Health.
Another 66 cases of the virus were confirmed in the same period by the department.
There are 28 patients in hospital who have tested positive for Covid-19. Two of these are in intensive care and one is on ventilation.
Bed occupancy is 104 per cent with hospitals being 135 beds over capacity. Seven hospitals are operating beyond capacity; Antrim Hospital, Belfast City Hospital, the Causeway Hospital in Coleraine, the Mater Hospital in north Belfast, the Royal Victoria Hospital in west Belfast, the South West Acute Hospital in Enniskillen and the Ulster Hospital in Dundonald.
A second vaccination day was recently held by the Western Health and Social Care Trust for service users known to the Trust’s Adults with a Learning Disability (ALD) services, to help protect them from Covid-19. The first vaccination day was held on February 19, with the second on April 13 at the Western Trust’s mass vaccination centre at the Lakeland Forum, Enniskillen. Jabs were administered by the Trust’s vaccination team who were kindly assisted on the day by staff from ALD Services. Over 100 service users who avail of Western Trust Day Care or Day Opportunities attended across both sessions.