NI Nightingale hospital to close as Covid-19 cases decline

The facility at the City Hospital’s tower block treated 30 people in intensive care beds at the height of the first wave of virus infection.

Northern Ireland’s “Nightingale” hospital for treating Covid-19 patients is being temporarily stood down.

The facility at the City Hospital’s tower block treated 30 people in intensive care beds at the height of the first wave of virus infection, Stormont health minister Robin Swann said.