Two further deaths have occurred as a result of COVID-19 in Northern Ireland.
There are 129 new cases.
The Department of Health #COVID19 dashboard has been updated with latest data.
129 individuals have tested positive for COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. Two deaths have been recorded.https://t.co/YN16dmGzhv pic.twitter.com/4zmnfK0GfS
— Department of Health (@healthdpt) September 16, 2020
Meanwhile, Twitter has suspended the account of a Chinese virologist who has claimed that COVID-19 was manufactured in a laboratory.
Dr Li-Meng Yan, a former researcher at the Hong Kong School of Public Health, claimed China has covered up evidence that the virus came from a lab in Wuhan.
“They don’t want the people to know this truth. Also, that’s why I got suspended, I got suppression [and] I am the target that China Communist Part wants to [sic] disappear,” she told Fox News host Tucker Carlson on Tuesday.