Almost 1,500 Covid-19 cases in NI schools – education minister

NI Education Minister Peter Weir detailed the figures on the first day of a two-week school closure across the region (Liam McBurney/PA)

Almost 1,500 cases of Covid-19 have been identified in Northern Ireland’s schools since they reopened, the Education Minister has said.

Peter Weir said the majority of cases involved a single individual and he said only around 10 of the 1,000 schools in the region had experienced multiple cases.