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All NI health and social care workers to receive £500 ‘thank-you’ payment - NI people told ‘do not book a summer holiday’ by top government minister - Allowing Primary Seven pupils to repeat year to be explored - Weekly Covid-19 testing for special schools

By Andrew Quinn

Deputy Group Live Editor

Published 27th Jan 2021, 10:51 BST

Updated 27th Jan 2021, 18:05 BST

Health Minister Robin Swann has announced every health and social care worker in Northern Ireland will receive a special one-off ‘thank you’ payment of £500 for their “heroic work” throughout the Covid-19 pandemic.

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placeholder image — Health Minister Robin Swann, Chief Medical Officer Dr Michael McBride and Patricia Donnelly, Head of the Covid-19 Vaccine Programme during a Covid-19 update press conference in Parliament Buildings, Stormont, Belfast.