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Covid hotspots: How many cases in your area? Thursday, July 29, 2021 Tomas Doherty Almost one in every 35 people in Carndonagh, Co Donegal had coronavirus over the last two weeks, according to the latest official figures. The most northerly local electoral area in Ireland has the highest rate of Covid-19 on the island with an incidence rate of 2,800 infections per 100,000 people. This has increased sharply from last week when the area had a rate of 1,975. Other electoral areas in Co Donegal with high incidence include Buncrana (1,476 cases per 100,000) and Donegal town (955). The next worst a...

Covid hotspots: How many cases in your area? Thursday, July 29, 2021 Tomas Doherty Almost one in every 35 people in Carndonagh, Co Donegal had coronavirus over the last two weeks, according to the latest official figures. The most northerly local electoral area in Ireland has the highest rate of Covid-19 on the island with an incidence rate of 2,800 infections per 100,000 people. This has increased sharply from last week when the area had a rate of 1,975. Other electoral areas in Co Donegal with high incidence include Buncrana (1,476 cases per 100,000) and Donegal town (955). The next worst a...

Covid-19: 'No reason not to get Covid vaccine' - chief medical officer Published image captionChief medical officer Sir Michael McBride says Covid cases are expected to rise rapidly There are no reasons not to get the Covid-19 vaccine if eligible, as Northern Ireland experiences a fourth Covid-19 wave, NI's chief medical officer has said. Sir Michael McBride said cases are expected to increase rapidly. About 400 people with Covid could be in hospital at any one time by the end of the summer, he added. But he said if 90% of the population gets their first jab by the end of the month, that co...

ETHAN ENNALS: It was going to be great: a trip to Bristol to visit an old friend to watch the most eagerly awaited football game of the year - England's first match in the Euros.

But is it safe to go abroad? The introduction of a traffic light system and easing of travel restrictions could be read as a big thumbs up to pack that suitcase of yours, but experts in viral transmission are a little more cautious. “I don’t consider mass international travel to be desirable at the current time,” Professor Eleanor Riley, an immunologist and expert in infectious disease at the University of Edinburgh, tells HuffPost UK. If you’re fully vaccinated by summer, overseas travel should not be a particular health risk, she acknowledges, but there are still some unknowns. For...