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By Amy Stewart
image captionSophia has progressed so much since she started taking the cannabis medication, her mum says
The mother of a nine-year-old girl with a severe form of epilepsy is devastated after it emerged her supply of cannabis medicine from the Netherlands will stop due to Brexit.
Sophia Gibson, from Newtownards, County Down, has Dravet syndrome.
However, the UK Department of Health has confirmed her drug Bedrocan was no longer available in the UK.
That is because, since 1 January, prescriptions issued in the UK cannot be lawfully dispensed by an EU member state.
A UK government spokesman said it was working urgently with the Dutch government to find a solution .
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By Marie-Louise Connolly
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The Belfast Health Trust has said it has no other option but to cancel urgent cancer surgery.
These are known as red flag cancer cases where an operation is expected to impact on a person s recovery and even surviving the disease.
The Department of Health has confirmed to the BBC that it s estimated that one in 60 people in NI have Covid-19.
It is understood the trust expects many 100s of new Covid patients in the next three weeks.
The demand for bed space is described as highly significant , while a source added that all is being done to find beds and staff .
Covid-19: NI records highest ever daily coronavirus cases
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image captionThe health minister says deployment of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine is expected next week
The Department of Health in Northern Ireland has reported a record number of positive coronavirus cases within the past 24 hours.
A further 2,143 people have tested positive - the highest daily total since testing began. Six people have died with the virus.
The chief medical officer said the figures were extremely troubling .
The figures came after Health Minister Robin Swann welcomed the approval of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, which will lead to a huge expansion in the UK s immunisation campaign.