they say bringing it to an end is premature and reckless. they had lobbied, alongside scotland and northern ireland, to keep a testing structure in place until at least the end ofjune. in northern ireland, the remaining covid restrictions, like face maskings and vaccine - passports, were dropped from being legal requirement last week- while self isolation rules remain. but ending covid restrictions here wasn t straightforward. j because of the collapse in the power sharing i executive at stormont, - there is no first and deputy first ministers here to. sign off on big decisions. instead, northern ireland s health minister had to get the backing. of individual ministers instead. and robin swann has also signed that letter from the devolved nations, - setting out their concerns as england plans- to end isolation rules. it s calling urgently for more - information on the scale of services that will remain to ensure all - four nations stay prepared for any future waves of the virus. emma