As small businesses scramble to respond to the impact of the Coronavirus, the shutters have come down on one of West Belfast’s most famed eateries, the Coffee House Bistro on the Stewartstown Road. Husband and wife team Jim and Mary McIlwaine told the Andersonstown News that the decision to close the popular eatery was made […]
Archive | March, 2020
Emotional Coffee House owner calls it a day in face of Coronavirus
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Local pharmacy staff have ‘never been under so much pressure’
THOSE accessing prescriptions and services from West Belfast pharmacies are being urged to remain “calm and patient” as healthcare staff come under relentless pressure amidst the coronavirus pandemic. Speaking on behalf of Cooper’s Chemist, Michael Cooper told the Andersonstown News that the business, which has served the community for some 38 years, has “never been […]
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Failure to community test for Covid-19 is “madness” says community leader who is self-isolating
A prominent community worker, who is self-isolating due to his wife’s Coronavirus symptoms, has described the Department of Health’s COVID-19 testing regime as “madness”. Colin activist Michael George told how, despite contacting the NHS when symptoms began on Tuesday past, his wife Tricia will not be tested for the virus under the department’s current plans. […]
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Cllr calls for upscaling of Covid-19 testing and slams Stormont ‘confusion’
A Belfast Councillor has urged the Department of Health to “quickly upscale” testing for COVID-19 amid fears of the virus’ spread. SDLP representative Carl Whyte said that testing must be increased well beyond the current level of 800 per day. Cllr Whyte said that the current departmental strategy “makes no sense” given that Covid-19 testing […]
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Failure to test for Covid-19 “disastrous”: MLA
A senior member of the Health Committee at Stormont has branded the current Health Department regime for Coronavirus testing as “irresponsible” and “disastrous”. Sinn Féin MLA Pat Sheehan (above), a veteran health spokesperson, says testing “needs to be ramped up” much higher than the levels announced yesterday by Health Minister Robin Swann. “If we don’t […]
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