Executive agrees to change decision concerning youngest schoolchildren and remote learning + Nine Covid-19 related deaths in last 24 hours

Love your neighbour and get vaccinated, say Church of Ireland Archbishops

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Subscribe              Mar 11, 2021           Dear reader Parents hoping for a clear answer about when their children will return to school will have been left disappointed today. Despite Education Minister Peter Weir wanting all remaining primary school children – P4 to P7s – to go back to school from March 22 and all remaining secondary school children – years 8 to 11 – to return after the Easter holidays on April 12, the Executive was unable to make a decision on Thursday.  The only sense of progress from the Executive was confirmation that the nonsensical decision for P1-P3 pupils to revert back to 'home learning' from March 22 has now been scrapped and they will continue to learn in class.  The Department of Health has confirmed that another nine people with Covid-19 have lost their lives in Northern Ireland.  In addition, another 223 positive cases of Covid-19 have been diagnosed in the Province.  While Northern Ireland has largely seen a fall in Covid-19 transmission rates in recent weeks, new statistics show that the number of cases is rising in 75 per cent of European countries.  Alistair Bushe Editor   Want total access to all of our online content? You can subscribe to our website, newsletter.co.uk for just £1 a month for 3 months - and it couldn't be easier.   Signing up will get you faster-loading articles, fewer adverts and access to exclusive content and events when we run them. To learn more, visit our Subscriptions page here.             Love your neighbour and get vaccinated against coronavirus, say Church of Ireland Archbishops           The Church of Ireland has said it is a "civic responsiblity" to accept a coronavirus vaccination if it is offered to you.                 Executive agrees to change decision concerning youngest schoolchildren and remote learning   Children in pre-school, nursery and from primary one to three due to revert to remote learning from March 22 to the Easter break will now remain in classrooms, the Northern Ireland Executive is understood to have agreed.           Nine Covid-19 related deaths and 223 new infections detected in last 24 hours   The Department of Health (DoH) recorded nine additional Covid-19 related deaths in the last 24 hours.           Covid cases are rising in 75% of European countries - here's how the UK compares   Covid-19 cases are rising in 75 per cent of European countries, with much of the continent struggling to vaccinate its populations.           Dr Michael McBride: Those holding St Patrick's Day parties 'need to wise up'   Northern Ireland's chief medical officer has told those holding parties for St Patrick's Day to "wise up" and think about families grieving the loss of a loved one to coronavirus.           Families say loved ones feel 'owned' by care home providers over visitation bans   Many families believe their loved ones living in care homes are effectively "owned" by care providers due to the ban on visiting despite the successful roll-out of coronavirus vaccinations.           Kent Covid variant between 30% and 100% more deadly - and is more transmissible   The Kent variant of Covid-19 may be up to twice as deadly as previous strains of coronavirus, scientists have warned.                 View more news

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