Covid outbreak at Altnagelvin Hospital, as Craigavon ambulance staff also self-isolating following golf trip

Bimpe Archer

DERRY'S Altnagelvin Hospital has become the latest to be hit by a Covid-19 outbreak, with 18 members of staff on a stroke ward off work and self-isolating.

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Arlene Foster says everyone equally subject to the law as Sammy Wilson pictured on train without face covering

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Health minister pressed to ensure probes into Covid outbreaks in Craigavon and Newry hospitals begin 'posthaste'

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