Northern Ireland proposal to relax self-isolation rules for close contacts
First Minister Paul Givan said he will support a "relaxation" of that rule when the executive meets later.
During Thursday's meeting of the Northern Ireland Executive, minsters are also expected to discuss social distancing rules and the potential reopening of exhibitions and conferences. In addition to social distancing and self-isolation rules, Stormont ministers are expected to discuss the use of face masks in schools.In his paper to fellow executive ministers, Mr Swann said that the "self-isolation of people who have coronavirus, or are high risk of having the virus, is an integral part of the Covid-19 response and will remain so throughout the medium term, particularly in light of the threat posed by the new variants".
He also told his ministerial colleagues that the Delta variant accounts for "over 90% of all cases and is the dominant variant".
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