What do NI's latest coronavirus restrictions mean for you?

With the DUP now going along with the idea of a renewed kind of mini-lockdown in the run-up to Christmas, the News Letter here tries to disentangle exactly what the rules from November 27 will mean.

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Subscribe              Nov 20, 2020           Dear reader,   I think it's fair to say that the reputation of the Stormont Executive has taken another battering following Thursday's night new lockdown announcement.    Almost everyone will now know that while some parts of hospitality and close contact services reopened today, they will close again in just a week's time as part of sweeping restrictions imposed by our politicians.    The response from the hospitality industry and individual business owners has been withering, with Stormont's politicians receiving the bulk of their ire.    The owner of one Belfast based restaurant went as far as to write on social media that all politicians in the Stormont Executive have been banned from his premises for life because of the way in which they had handled the restrictions.    First Minister Arlene Foster has defended the impending restrictions and her own party's dramatic U-turn from a week ago, claiming that scientific evidence had left ministers with no choice but to impose the closest thing to a total lockdown.    The Department of Health meanwhile announced a further 12 Covid-19 related deaths in Northern Ireland. In some rare positive news, the number of new Covid infections has fallen considerably to 369.    I hope you are able to enjoy your weekend in these increasingly difficult times.    Alistair Bushe, Editor Want total access to all of our online content? You can subscribe to our website, newsletter.co.uk for just £1 a month for 3 months - and it couldn't be easier. Signing up will get you faster-loading articles, fewer adverts and access to exclusive content and events when we run them. To learn more, visit our Subscriptions page here.           Circuit-breaker breakdown: What EXACTLY does the new NI lockdown involve?           With the DUP now going along with the idea of a renewed kind of mini-lockdown in the run-up to Christmas, the News Letter here tries to disentangle exactly what the rules from November 27 will mean.                 Naomi Long says sorry after Arlene Foster and Michelle O'Neill fail to give media interviews over new lockdown   Justice Minister Naomi Long has apologised for First Minister Arlene Foster and deputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill not having given media interviews since sweeping new coronavirus restrictions were announced on Thursday night.           NI to receive up to 4.3 million vaccine doses from two candidate companies   Northern Ireland is expected to receive up to 4.3 million doses of two coronavirus vaccines once they receive official authorisation, the Department of Health has said.           Glenarm Castle 'devastated' by new pandemic response restrictions   The management of a leading East Antrim tourist attraction says it is"devastated" by last night's announcement of further restrictions by the Northern Ireland Executive in response to the Covid pandemic.           People aged 75 and older account for 78% of all Covid-19 related deaths - NI death-toll up to 1,227 reports NISRA   People aged 75 and older account for 78 per cent of all Covid-19 related deaths in Northern Ireland, according to Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA).           Almac Group awarded grant from the Covid-19 Therapeutics Accelerator   Almac Sciences, a member of the Craigavon-headquartered Almac Group, has been awarded a grant of $500,000 by the Covid-19 Therapeutics Accelerator towards developing cost effective, scalable processes for the production of the active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) of the drug remdesivir.           NI drinkers are heading for shebeens and garden pubs says bar manager   Closing down pubs has driven drinking underground an NI bar manager has claimed.           Opinion: The shambles around Stormont's indecision over Covid-19 restrictions has damaged the whole Stormont system   Mandatory coalition at Stormont is in a very bad light today, after the Covid rules debacle.                 View more on Coronavirus

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