Giving evidence to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry, Stormont's former health minister Robin Swann said that the coming threat from the pandemic became "real" to him and Executive colleagues after modelling figures in 2020 estimated Northern Ireland could be facing 4,000 hospital admissions a day.

Giving evidence to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry, Stormont's former health minister Robin Swann said that the coming threat from the pandemic became "real" to him and Executive colleagues after modelling figures in 2020 estimated Northern Ireland could be facing 4,000 hospital admissions a day.