The closing date for registering for priority online supermarket delivery slots is closing tomorrow Friday 31 July. If there’s a second wave the supermarkets have said they will honour those who are already registered, so it might be worthwhile signing up now if you haven’t already done so.
 
This is the Northern Ireland service to register for access to a priority online supermarket delivery slot from Asda, Iceland, Sainsbury's or Tesco.
https://consultations.nidirect.gov.uk/dfc-psu/online-shopping/
 
You can register if you:

• Live in Northern Ireland
• You or someone you provide care for have been advised by your/their Doctor (GP) to avoid all face to face contact for 12 weeks; and
• Do not have access to alternative help and support for shopping from family or friends, or other local networks

 
These stores will make every effort to offer an online delivery slot, but it is dependent on demand and cannot be guaranteed.

The Department of Health (DoH) in Northern Ireland have published a document, Coronavirus related health inequalities in Northern Ireland.   
What is the report about?
The report analysed infection rates and hospital admission rates for COVID-19. A number of factors were explored:

• socio-economic deprivation;
• age;
• gender; and
• whether people lived in rural, urban or mixed rural/urban areas.

The report did not explore variations in infection or admission rates of people from black and minority ethnic (BME) backgrounds. It also did not include information about co-morbidities (people who had one or more conditions as well as COVID-19).
It discusses ’standardised’ rates – infection, admission and mortality – throughout. Standardisation makes adjustments to compensate for differences in population structure (such as age), so valid comparisons can be made between geographical areas.  Data was collected up to 9am on 26 May 2020. 

Read rest of article here https://www.cdhn.org/health-inequalities-and-covid-19-ni?fbclid=IwAR2gIHKfyI2qIeuGUKSlXirfvAHuiu7VMJC2H4Ri_G3tBLFR_UixhCTCszk