People in Northern Ireland should expect to be asked for proof of their Covid-19 status, Stormont leaders have said. First Minister Paul Givan and deputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill were speaking ahead of the latest relaxations to the coronavirus restrictions in the region coming into force.
From noon tomorrow, nightclubs will be able to open for the first time in 19 months, customers will be able to move around hospitality venues, indoor dancing will be allowed and the need for social distancing in hospitality settings will move to guidance.
While so-called vaccine passports have not been made mandatory, the ministers said that as part of measures to ensure safer environments people should expect to be asked for "proof of their Covid