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Has the suicide rate increased 200% during the COVID-19 lockdown period?
1 July 2020
The claim is unsubstantiated. There are no official statistics or evidence to support the claim that the rates of suicide increased 200% during the period
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Shielding Letters: Q&A
30 June 2020
[This explainer article is part of the COVID-19 Information Dissemination (COVID-19 ID) Project — a partnership between Community Development and Health Network (CDHN) and FactCheckNI.
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Social distancing in Northern Ireland
30 June 2020
This article explains what the rules are in Northern Ireland regarding the social distance between people. It also discusses the evidence regarding lessening the current Explainer
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Deep dive: COVID-19 related inequalities
26 June 2020
Making basic comparisons between the numbers of COVID-19 positive tests or deaths across different geographic regions using raw figures may seem straightforward. But coming to
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COVID-19 and health inequalities in Northern Ireland
26 June 2020
This article explains data published by the Department of Health as well as the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, about COVID-19 related health inequalities
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Are 1 in 4 NI adults ‘now at risk of hunger and malnutrition’?
23 June 2020
This claim is unsubstantiated. The research behind the News Letter headline was conducted across the UK and the results were not broken down by region, Explainer
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What are shielding letters?
2 June 2020
[This article is part of the COVID-19 Information Dissemination (COVID-19 ID) Project — a partnership between Community Development and Health Network (CDHN) and FactCheckNI. Its
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Did 62 more people contract COVID-19 in care homes, before dying in hospital?
1 June 2020
This claim is unsubstantiated. The death certificates of 62 people who died in hospital mention COVID-19 and give a normal residence address of a care
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Was Northern Ireland COVID-19 testing at a rate 10 times Scotland’s?
18 May 2020
This claim was not accurate. Northern Ireland’s test rate for the day of 8 May 2020 was about three-quarters (80%) that of Scotland. UPDATE: On
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Statement: COVID-19 death rate fact check
1 May 2020
1 May 2020 On Friday, 24 April, FactCheckNI published a fact check, “Are COVID-19 deaths in Northern Ireland 50% higher than Ireland?” The fact check
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What are the rules of lockdown in Northern Ireland?
27 April 2020
This article explains what the rules of “lockdown” during COVID-19 are in Northern Ireland. [This article is part of the COVID-19 Information Dissemination (COVID-19 ID)
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