Health officials in Northern Ireland have warned Covid passports may not be enough to stop hospitals being overwhelmed and "more severe restrictions" may need to be considered next month.
The paper says an increase in admissions is inevitable in the coming week and will continue to rise beyond that if cases numbers are not reduced.The modelling paper notes ICU occupancy and deaths have decreased in the last week, but stresses the lag in those indicators means they do not account for the recent surge in infections.
It says those mitigations will be unlikely to bring the reproduction rate below one unless they are accompanied by "widespread use of Covid certification across higher risk settings".It says without a significant decline in community transmission in the next three weeks "there is a risk that more severe restrictions will need to be considered from mid-December to avoid hospital capacity from being overwhelmed".
It is understood that Mr Swann is proposing that passports are used to gain entry to nightclubs, hospitality premises that serve food and or drink, cinemas, theatres and conferences halls.
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