Schools in Northern Ireland will have a social distancing rule of one metre rather than two metres when they reopen in August, it has been announced
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The measure will allow class sizes to return to almost normal levels, said First Minister Arlene Foster.The rest of the school population will go back to class at the start of September.All primary school children - and secondary school children in younger year groups - will have to stay in protective bubbles limited to their own classes when they return.And in further efforts to ease Northern Ireland's lockdown, hair salons, barbers and nail bars can reopen on 6 July.
The latest moves were agreed by ministers in the power-sharing executive during a meeting on Thursday.
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