Next week will be a “key decision point” for Northern Ireland’s leaders over lockdown restrictions, Arlene Foster has said. The First Minister hailed the “significant achievement” of pushing down the curve of coronavirus infections across “all of the health indicators”. She said the R number is “steadily below 1” in the community, “probably between 0.75 and 0.85”. A further nine deaths with Covid-19, and another 253 cases were reported by the Department of Health on Thursday. “The Executive are looking forward to the next phase of our response.

Source: The Irish Times February 11, 2021 18:38 UTC