Today the Executive agreed that from 24 July some spectators can attend organised outdoor sports fixtures or events where the sports Governing Body, club or venue operator can ensure compliance with social distancing, control numbers accordingly and have appropriate hygiene regimes in place.

Health Minister Robin Swann has welcomed the Northern Ireland Executive’s decision to make the wearing of face coverings mandatory in shops.

The Executive has today agreed further relaxations to restrictions as part of its Coronavirus recovery pathway.

The Department of Health continues to publish the Covid-19 reproduction number on a weekly basis.

During the 8th annual Farm Safety Week, the Ministers met with Co Tyrone man William Sayers who came close to losing his life as a 12-year-old boy when he lost his arm after his coat became entangled in a tractor shaft as he helped to spread slurry on family land.