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Context The RaISe research paper ‘Exit’ from COVID-19 ‘lockdown’: Health-related issues (20 May 2020) contained sections on transmission of the virus SARS-CoV-2 and two of… Read More »‘Exit’ from COVID-19 lockdown: Social distancing and face coverings to minimise the spread of the virus
Governments around the world have undertaken very significant, and hugely costly, actions attempting to prop up businesses and employment through the course of the pandemic.… Read More »Fiscal ball gazing: How could the COVID-19 crisis affect NI’s public finances?
By Keara McKay & Thomas Procter Our new visualisation based on figures and analysis published in the public domain by Ulster Bank, Danske Bank, NISRA,… Read More »The impact of COVID-19 on Northern Ireland
The Assembly Research and Information Service (RaISe) has published a number of papers on testing for Sars-CoV-2 tracking and contact tracing, including ‘Testing for Sars-CoV-2… Read More »‘Exit’ from COVID-19 lockdown: Use of testing and contact tracing
This article examines some of the risks which COVID-19 has posed to the culture and heritage sectors in Northern Ireland, and assesses whether the support… Read More »How can our culture sector ever recover from COVID-19?
The risk is that a complicated number is released without context into a world that doesn’t know how to think about it. The ‘R… Read More »Ten reasons to be cautious about using R to support decision-making during the COVID-19 pandemic
Brexit and the negotiations during the current transition period may have slipped from the top of the news agenda, but commentators are already beginning to… Read More »COVID-19 and Brexit: A reading list (updated)
This article explores the temporary planning measures introduced as a response to COVID-19 across the UK and Republic of Ireland (ROI). Some of these measures… Read More »COVID-19 and planning measures
Dr Janice Thompson and Sinéad McMurray This article is based on information extracted from the RaISe briefing paper: Testing for Sars-CoV-2 in the UK;… Read More »COVID-19: How is testing and contact tracing being used in Northern Ireland and beyond?
Transport policy has traditionally focused on changing the way people travel i.e. moving them from cars to public transport to ease congestion and improve the… Read More »How will COVID-19 change our travel behaviour?
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