Ministers in Northern Ireland aim to publish their plan for exiting lockdown today, First Minister Arlene Foster has said. She said restrictions on outdoor activities would be eased before indoor ones.
The DUP leader told BBC's Good Morning Ulster programme the position around when to reopen schools has not yet been decided but suggested it could be in late August or early September.
Mrs Foster said: "We looked at our medical evidence here in Northern Ireland and decided that, for the public health of the people of Northern Ireland, that we proceeded to reimplement those (coronavirus) regulations whilst at the same time looking at a road map for our destination to the new normal. "I don't think there is any surprise at all that we are