Nearly 5,000 Covid-related deaths registered, inquiry told

Covid-19 was mentioned on the death certificates of 4,900 people in Northern Ireland, an inquiry has heard.

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The figure, from the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), was given to the UK Covid-19 public inquiry that is sitting in London.

The inquiry has begun a preliminary hearing into decisions made by the Stormont executive.

It will assess how and why key decisions were made, with particular emphasis on the initial outbreak.

On Wednesday, Northern Ireland"s Covid Bereaved Families for Justice group said it was important the inquiry looked at why Ireland was not considered a single land mass in relation to dealing with the pandemic.

A barrister told the inquiry that group had emphasised potential failures due to Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland not being treated as a single, epidemiological unit.

They also stressed the importance of examining what happened inside care homes and the transfer of older and very vulnerable people from hospital to their respective care homes.

Northern Ireland"s "unique" political arrangement was raised several times, with the lead counsel reminding the inquiry that the executive had only been restored weeks before the pandemic was declared in January 2020.

The inquiry is expected to scrutinise core political and administrative decision-making throughout the pandemic.

It will also attempt to establish what information was available in Northern Ireland.