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Coronavirus: How Northern Ireland is easing lockdown restrictions - BBC Newsnight
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6:03Now PlayingWeeks after the Northern Ireland Assembly resumed sitting in January following a threeyear political deadlock, coronavirus arrived in Northern Ireland. Subscribe to our channel here
Despite the fraught deadlock, power-sharing Stormont has been able to steer a clear path towards the resuming of contact tracing, ahead of the rest of the UK.
The move has been made possible by a fall in the rate of new coronavirus cases to fewer than 50 a day.
However many businesses say they have been left in the dark about the plan to end the lockdown.
Diplomatic Editor Mark Urban reports.
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