Stormont Convenes Today, To Decide On Further Easing Of Covid 19 Restrictions.

Thursday, 7 October 2021 09:37

File image: Stormont Assembly Building/Rolling News

Contingency plans to help the health service manage over the winter will also be discussed.

The Stormont Executive will meet later to discuss further easing the north's Covid-19 restrictions.

Among the topics before ministers will be vaccine passports as well as the continued requirement of facemasks and social distancing in pubs and restaurants.

Contingency plans to help the health service manage over the winter period will also be discussed.

Stormont to decide today whether to relax Covid restrictions for bars and restaurants - NI the only part of the UK which has kept up social distancing rules which businesses say are damaging trade https://t.co/nawW2w2oc3
— Emma Vardy (@EmmaVardyTV) October 7, 2021

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