Doctors condemn teens' end of school parties
End-of-school parties and anti-social behaviour by young people are being reported in Northern Ireland, despite the "impending catastrophe" of Covid-19, police have said.
The news that youngsters were flouting calls for social distancing came as a senior Belfast doctor warned huge numbers of patients will die during the coronavirus pandemic.
Students no longer in school after they were ordered to close risk passing the virus to more vulnerable groups like the elderly, so police urged party participants to consider the wellbeing of others and follow official guidance.
A respiratory consultant in the Ulster Hospital in Co Down, Dr Julia Courtney, said: "It is hard to actually convey just the enormity of the crisis that is looming for the NHS, and so for everyone, in the next few weeks.
"Huge numbers of people will die and the only thing that will have any impact on this impending catastrophe is slowing the spread of this virus.
Published: by Radio NewsHub