Northern Ireland announces cautious five-step plan for Covid lockdown easing

Deputy first minister tells Stormont that the plan has no hard dates and will be led by data

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Northern Ireland's deputy first minister, Michelle O'Neill, has announced a cautious five-step plan to ease the region's Covid-19 lockdown.

She told the Stormont assembly on Tuesday that the plan has no hard dates and will be led by data, notably the reproductive rate of the virus.