Updated / Tuesday, 16 Mar 2021
22:05
Northern Ireland has been living under restrictive measures since a spike of coronavirus cases in December
Northern Ireland s First Minister Arlene Foster confirmed the Stormont Executive has agreed several measured relaxations to the coronavirus restrictions.
The DUP leader warned of a continuing need for caution against the virus, saying Covid is still with us .
One more person who tested positive for Covid-19 in Northern Ireland has died, according to the latest figures from the Department of Health.
Another 164 confirmed cases of the virus were also recorded in the last 24-hour reporting period.
The figures also show that 18 of the 176 coronavirus patients in hospital are being treated in intensive care.
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The audience member told the Question Time panel that Northern Ireland should plan now for a future Irish border vote, even if “it isn’t for another ten years”. He told show guests, Nothern Ireland First and Deputy First Ministers Arlene Foster and Michelle O Neil, Conservative Brandon Lewis MP and Labour s Louise Haigh MP that the Belfast government has to learn from the shambles of the Brexit referendum.” It comes as fears grow that Northern Ireland is already heading for the exit doors, and may opt to leave the United Kingdom as a res
Covid-19: Northern Ireland s major milestones
By Amy Stewart
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When a lockdown was announced in March, in a bid to limit the spread of coronavirus, most of us thought it would be a few weeks of hunkering down - sticking together but staying apart.
Christmas restrictions may not have been on our radars.
But somewhere along the way, the reality kicked in that Covid-19 was here for the long haul - but hopefully not forever, with the approval of two vaccines in the UK.
But how did we get here? We take a look at the major milestones in Northern Ireland s response to Covid-19.
We have been around the board in the game of Covid since February. And here we are back at square one.
From Boxing Day another six-week period of lockdown kicks in, a price we will pay for having a more relaxed Christmas.
Of course, navigating a way through what has been the most unpredictable year any of us can remember isn t a game. But could it have been played any better?
On January 4 a short social media post from the World Health Organization went largely unnoticed. A cluster of pneumonia cases - with no deaths - had been reported in Wuhan, in China s Hubei province.
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