As part of the preparations for the first wave, our priority was to ensure that the health and care system had sufficient capacity to deal with the rising numbers of Covid-19 patients.

Health Minister Robin Swann today spelt out a wide range of measures being deployed in Northern Ireland to protect care home residents during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Health Minister Robin Swann and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Michael McBride discuss critical care, testing, support for care homes and de-escalation of Nightingale Hospital.

Northern Ireland Executive ministers and their officials have over the past 24 hours been involved in a number of initiatives and critical decisions relating to the Coronavirus emergency.

Update on the Executive’s Coronavirus recovery strategy. The First Minister Arlene Foster and deputy First Minister Michelle O’Neill discuss the five-stage plan for gradually emerging from lockdown.