Covid-19: Lockdown restrictions lift across NI
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image captionShoppers in Belfast city centre on Friday
Non-essential retail and some parts of the hospitality sector in Northern Ireland are now able to reopen.
A two-week limited lockdown, which was imposed on 27 November, ended at 23:59 GMT on Thursday.
Restaurants, cafes and other venues serving food can resume trading, however pubs that do not serve food must remain shut.
Ahead of the reopening, Health Minister Robin Swann warned against a festive free-for-all .
media captionCoronavirus: It s good to see some atmosphere in town again
They state that any food served must have been prepared in a static and permanent kitchen on the premises of the bar, hotel, pub or club and which is eaten by a person seated at a table .
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