Non-essential retail and some parts of the hospitality sector in Northern Ireland can reopen next Friday
, the Stormont executive has agreed.
Many hospitality businesses, including restaurants, cafes and hotels, can resume trading but must close at 23:00 GMT.First Minister Arlene Foster said the executive would not impose any further restrictions before Christmas.Close-contact services such as hairdressers, beauty salons and barbers will be allowed to reopen but only by appointment and with social distancing mitigations in place."Bubbles" of three households will not have a limit on the number of people contained in them.
Those already in a support bubble with one household will still be allowed to join with two other households between 23 and 27 December.three households being able to mix for five days over ChristmasMrs Foster also said guidance would be issued for several sectors so that they could operate safely, and said there was a need to provide more financial support to drink-only pubs.
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