February 10, 2025
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Covid-19: Remaining restrictions in NI to be lifted on Tuesday

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The need for Covid certificates in nightclubs, face coverings, track and trace requirements and the cap on 30 people in private homes are no longer legal requirements.

Health Minister Robin Swann said the remaining measures would instead be issued as guidance to the public.

He warned Covid-19 had not gone away and remained a threat.

Speaking earlier, Mr Swann said: “It is vitally important that we continue to observe the sensible measures we have all learnt to protect ourselves and others.”

Northern Ireland’s chief scientific adviser Professor Ian Young said Northern Ireland had reached a key milestone in the pandemic but said it was “not freedom day”.

“There is still a lot of Covid out there, we all need to do our bit to continue to protect the most vulnerable and wearing face coverings in appropriate settings is an important part of that,” he said.

“I hope this is a day when people will move from feeling that their behaviours are covered by regulation to using exactly the same behaviours through choice in response to guidance.”

Measures, which had previously been guidance rather than law, such as working from home where possible, have not been changed.

Meanwhile, it has emerged that in Northern Ireland the need to self-isolate after testing positive for Covid-19 falls under “very strong guidance”.

However, in England, there is a legal requirement to self isolate.

 

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