NI chief medic – Stick to health regulations like your lives depend on it

Northern Ireland’s chief medical officer has urged people to stick with social distancing for another six months like their lives depend on it (Kelvin Boyes/Press Eye/PA)

Northern Ireland’s chief medical officer has urged people to stick with social distancing for six months “like their lives depend on it”.

Another 220 cases of Covid-19 were confirmed in the last 24-hour reporting period as the country’s rate of infection surges.