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Nadia Breen

Covid NI: Seven further deaths and 1,228 positive cases reported

Seven further coronavirus-related deaths have been reported in Northern Ireland on Tuesday.

The death toll from the Department of Health now stands at 2,769.

Six fatalities are said to have occurred during the current reporting period, and one outside of it.

A further 1,228 positive Covid cases have also been recorded in NI today.

This brings the total number of positive cases to 285,459 since the start of the pandemic, according to the Department of Health.

Over the past seven days, the Department said 8,184 individuals have tested positive in Northern Ireland.

According to figures released on Tuesday, there are currently 395 Covid-19 confirmed patients in hospital and 39 in intensive care.

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Meanwhile, a number of changes to international travel to and from Northern Ireland have been announced.

Changes include the recognition of additional vaccines for the fully vaccinated policy, and confirmation that under-18's will be treated as fully vaccinated for travel purposes.

Following a public health assessment, international travellers vaccinated with vaccines on level 4 of the Vaccine Recognition Framework of the World Health Organisation Emergency Use Listing (WHO EUL) will now be recognised as fully vaccinated when arriving into Northern Ireland.

From 4 am on November 22, passengers vaccinated with a full course of the Sinovacm, Sinopharm Beijing and Coraxin vaccines will be treated as fully vaccinated.

These vaccines will be added to the list of the currently recognised Oxford / AstraZeneca, Pfizer BioNTech, Moderna and Janssen vaccines.

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