AQW 5129/17-22

Ms Paula Bradshaw
Alliance Party
South Belfast

Tabled Date: 23/06/2020
Answered On Date: 02/07/2020
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Health what scientific evidence he has sought concerning the potential health risks of allowing people to continue to enter Northern Ireland with no checks, given that rates of transmission here are much lower than in the rest of the UK.

Answer:

Scientific evidence has been provided which indicates that when the overall level of community transmission is low, the health risks of importing cases from countries with a higher risk of transmission are greater. It is important to weigh these risks against social, economic and other considerations when determining policy.