In Northern Ireland, the remnants of a troubled past still linger, with more than 100 peace walls in Belfast separating the Catholic and Protestant areas with corrugated metal sheeting and wire mesh - a constant reminder of the division that existed between the two communities in one of the region s most socio-economically deprived areas.
Now, as the coronavirus takes hold, the links between that deprivation and Covid-19 shows how the burden of illness and death is being shouldered by both sides of this historic divide which have, in fact, much in common in war, in peace and in a pandemic.
In some parts of Northern Ireland where transmission is particularly high, as many as one in 40 people currently has the virus - while elsewhere it is one in 60. Last week, its seven-day rate was higher than in England and over twice that of Scotland, with an 85% increase since St Stephen s Day in the Belfast Health Trust area alone. Some 21 patients are currently in intensive care across the cit
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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 .