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“As you’ve seen from our colleagues in Westminster they have been moving ahead in relation to the relaxation of the Covid regulations,” the DUP leader added.
“It’s very important that we also continue to relax the Covid regulations because the statistics are very good again today.
“If you look at the statistics, the numbers of positive cases have again shown to be very small, which of course is welcome.
“My colleague, Diane Dodds (Minister for the Economy), has put papers in in relation to the lifting of restrictions in terms of close contact services, hairdressers and beauticians and non-essential retail, which of course is very important as well.
An additional 57 positive cases of Covid-19 were also reported in the last day.
It is the lowest number of cases reported in a 24-hour period since last September.
Meanwhile, a tourism body has called for travel restrictions between Great Britain and Northern Ireland to be eased.
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The Northern Ireland Tourism Alliance (NITA) said Great Britain’s market is important for local tourism.
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Further NI reopening dates to be published next week
Updated / Tuesday, 6 Apr 2021
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First Minister Arlene Foster said it is important to give certainty to people
The Northern Ireland Executive hopes to publish dates for the reopening of hairdressers, beauticians and non-essential retail when it meets next week.
First Minister Arlene Foster said it is important to give certainty to people, and that a timeline to reopen close contact services could be published at the Executive meeting on 15 April.
A number of lockdown restrictions will be eased from Monday 12 April, including the reopening of garden centres and car washes.
Contactless click-and-collect for all non-essential retail will also resume.
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