Hospitals in the North to come under intense pressure this week, says health minister

Some 146,733 coronavirus vaccinations had been administered in Northern Ireland by Monday (Liam McBurney/PA)

Hospitals across Northern Ireland will come under “intense pressure” across the next seven days, the region’s health minister has said.

Robin Swann was speaking as a GP warned that medical staff are facing pressures “unlike any other they have faced before” amid the pandemic.