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16:28 January 14, 2021 Suspension of visiting to Western Trust Hospitals
VISITING at all Western Trust Hospitals will be suspended from midnight.
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20:02 January 10, 2021 Rules allowing large stores to sell clothes a’shambles’
REGULATIONS allowing retail giants to sell non-essential items have been branded a ‘shambles’ by an Omagh business owner who has been forced to close his shop. Under the latest round of Covid-19 restrictions, all shops deemed non-essential have been closed and are not allowed to operate a click and collect service. However, large supermarkets continue […]
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11:29 January 8, 2021 Party-goers hit with hefty fine for Covid breach
HEFTY fines, two prohibition notices and a warning from police was how a house party in Newtownstewart in Saturday night ended, after officers caught a number of people breaching Covid-19 regulations. After receiving a report of a house party taking place in the Mourne Park, police visited the property and issued ‘a number of COV4 […]
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19:17 January 7, 2021 Augher stands alone in Tyrone with no Covid cases
A LOCAL village has recorded the lowest rate of positive coronavirus cases for the second consecutive week. Statistics released by the Department for Health for the period from December 28 until January 3 show that Augher has the enviable record of having no positive cases of Covid-19. Of the 34 people from the area who […]
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16:37 January 7, 2021 Surgeries cancelled in Western Trust hospitals
THE Western Trust has announced the cancellation of all planned surgery this week due to rising numbers of Covid cases. As of today (Thursday), routine elective inpatient, outpatient and day case surgeries will be postponed until further notice. Red flag and some time critical procedures and clinics will continue, but will be reviewed daily. The […]
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14:17 January 7, 2021 Retired GP and wife first to receive new Covid-19 jab
AN elderly couple from Omagh have become the first to receive the new Covid-19 vaccine locally. Retired GP, Dr Pat O’Neill and his wife Agnes, were among the first people who got their first dose at the Omagh Hospital and Primary Care Complex yesterday (Wednesday) afternoon. It was an especially memorable moment for them as […]
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09:14 January 6, 2021 Additional Covid19 restrictions agreed
ADDITIONAL restrictions are set to be introduced given the high levels of Covid-19 transmission in the community. The new restrictions will cover schools and the extension of remote learning until the mid-term break in February, enhanced measures to limit contacts between individuals in domestic settings, and preventing people from leaving home without a reasonable excuse. […]
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22:42 January 4, 2021 Remote learning extended and new restrictions on travel
THE executive has agreed there will be an extended period of remote learning for schools due to the rising number of Covid19 cases. The Executive met this evening (Monday) to discuss the concerning progression of the Covid-19 pandemic. The Executive agreed that it will move to put staying at home into regulations and a paper […]
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20:59 December 23, 2020 New variant of Covid-19 case confirmed in North
The Department of Health can confirm a positive test for the new variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in Northern Ireland
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16:54 December 18, 2020 First vaccines given out in local care homes
THE Covid vaccination programme for care home staff and residents got underway this week. Starting on Monday, vaccines were administered to vaccinators, care home residents and staff in Omagh as the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine is rolled out locally. All care home residents and staff, including supported living centres where the clinical risk is considered to […]
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