There could be up to 400 patients in hospital with Covid-19 by the end of the summer as the number of cases increase, Northern Ireland's chief scientific adviser has said.
More than 500 new cases of Covid-19 were notified in Northern Ireland yesterday. Professor Ian Young said it is inevitable that there will be increasing numbers of cases over the summer, and urged all those in the 18-40 age group to get their vaccine to minimise the impact of the next pandemic peak. "It is likely to peak some time in August, possibly early September, based on our modelling and the question is to what extent that will lead through to hospital admissions," he told BBC Radio Ulster. "Because of the success of the vaccine programme, the number of admissions