Coronavirus: Easing of restrictions in North not imminent, minister warns

The health minister said that when the time comes to ease social distancing, it will ‘not be like flicking a switch’.

The easing of coronavirus restrictions in Northern Ireland is not imminent, Stormont’s health minister has warned.

Robin Swann said the fact that the death toll recorded in the last five weeks is higher than during the worst of the Troubles shows “how serious this is”.