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The health system in Northern Ireland: How is it structured and who makes decisions about COVID-19?
22 April 2020
This article explains how the health system in Northern Ireland is structured, and who is responsible for COVID-19 planning and decision making. [This article is
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New working partnership: COVID-19 Information Dissemination (COVID-19 ID) Project
15 April 2020
Community Development and Health Network (CDHN) and FactCheckNI are delighted to be working in partnership on the COVID-19 Information Dissemination (COVID-19 ID) Project to improve
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It’s all about the test: Counting COVID-19 deaths
14 April 2020
“The figures on deaths relate in almost all cases to patients who have died in hospital and who have tested positive for COVID-19. Slight differences
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Fighting a fire blindfolded? COVID-19 testing in Northern Ireland
8 April 2020
by Jenny McENEANEY for FactCheckNI (8 April 2020) “You cannot fight a fire blindfolded… test, test, test.” That’s a summary of the World Health Organization’s
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Do families have to give permission for COVID-19 death statistics?
31 March 2020
This claim is not accurate. While there has been a change in the timing of reporting of official statistics regarding the impact of COVID-19, there
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Is there a plan to use Dundonald Ice Bowl as a morgue?
28 March 2020
The claim is not accurate. The Department of Justice confirms that there are no plans to use either Dundonald Ice Bowl or the SSE Arena.
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Misinformation and COVID-19
25 March 2020
by Dr Orna YOUNG for FactCheckNI (25 March 2020) We are living through a global health emergency in which the communication of misinformation and disinformation
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