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Northern Ireland set for a 'circuit breaker' four-week lockdown period

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Northern Ireland is set for a period of intensified coronavirus restrictions after executive ministers agreed to closures of schools, pubs and restaurants.Pubs and restaurants will close for four weeks, with the exception of takeaways, while schools will close for two, one of which will cover the half-term Halloween break.The moves do not amount to a full scale lockdown similar to that imposed during the first wave of the virus, but the measures nevertheless mark a significant ramping up of the administration's response to spiralling infection rates.It is understood retail outlets will remain open, as will churches and gyms for individual training.The restrictions were agreed after a stop-start meeting of the Stormont executive that.

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