No changes have been made to the current Northern Ireland coronavirus restrictions after the Executive met on Thursday.
First Minister Paul Givan has announced that no further measures are to be introduced into NI's Covid-19 regulations and has thanked the public for following health advice.
Ministers will meet again on January 6 to continue to assess the data.
Taking to Twitter, the First Minister said: "The Northern Ireland Executive has agreed no further restrictions at this time. We will continue to assess the data as more information emerges and meet again on 6th January.
"Thank you for following the health advice and helping us through this challenging time."
The Executive last week agreed that from 6am on December 26:
- Nightclubs will close;
- Dancing in all hospitality venues will not be allowed; (Does not apply to weddings or civil partnership celebrations)
- All indoor standing events will not be allowed.
From 6am on December 27, the following applies:
- It is strongly recommended that household mixing should be reduced to a maximum of 3 households;
- There will be a legal requirement for businesses to take reasonable measures to achieve 2m social distancing in office spaces or, where this cannot be achieved, to provide alternative mitigations;
- It is strongly recommended that you should work from home where possible and where that is not possible that there should be regular workplace testing;
- There will be a statutory duty on businesses to take reasonable measures to promote compliance with face coverings requirements, with a grace period until 7 January before enforcement is implemented;
- The exemption of wearing a face covering where it causes severe stress will be removed and the onus of proving an exemption on medical grounds will be on the individual, with a grace period until 7 January before enforcement is implemented;
- There will be a legal duty on businesses to take all reasonable steps to minimise transmission of the spread of the virus, with a grace period until 7 January before enforcement is implemented;
- You will be required to be seated in all indoor hospitality settings with a maximum of 6 people, or 10 people from a single household, allowed at a table; (Children aged 12 and under are not counted in the total. This requirement does not apply to weddings or civil partnership celebrations.)
- Indoor seated and all outdoor events can proceed and it is strongly recommended that face coverings should be worn, LFD tests should be taken before attending events and there should be no multi-household travel in the same vehicle
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