Children getting sicker from Delta variant, warn GPs

Dr Tom Black said the number of cases in the Strabane and Derry area is three times higher than the rest of Northern Ireland.

Two doctors based in the north-west on both sides of the border have told of the growing number of cases that appear to be of the Delta variant of Covid-19.

Dr Tom Black, who is based in Derry, told RTÉ radio’s Morning Ireland that the number of cases in the Strabane and Derry area is three times higher than the rest of Northern Ireland.