Coronavirus NI: Groups of up to six people not from the same household now permitted to meet outdoors - anyone over the age of five in Northern Ireland can be tested for COVID-19

The Northern Ireland Executive is now permitting groups of up to six people from different households to meet up as long as it is outdoors, First Minister, Arlene Foster, has confirmed.

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