Two dozen staff at NI hospital test positive for coronavirus

The broadcaster reports that 24 health workers in two wards of Antrim Area Hospital in Co Antrim have tested positive for the virus since the start of April, with 12 of those cases happening in the last fortnight.

In a statement to BBC NI’s investigative programme Spotlight, the Northern Trust said all the cases were identified in staff working on wards C6 and C7 of the hospital.

A BBC Spotlight programme, due to be broadcast at 10.45pm tonight on BBC One Northern Ireland, will focus on the pressures faced by frontline health staff — including issues around the availability of personal protective equipment, the BBC say.