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Last week, Assistant Chief Constable Alan Todd said anyone travelling from home for exercise if they do not need to is in breach of lockdown restrictions.

The senior officer said it was for officers to make judgement calls in individual cases.

He said the PSNI's interpretation of the regulations was supported by legal opinion.

Jayne McCormack
BBC News NI political reporter

Sinn Féin junior minister Declan Kearney tells the assembly his party does not support the move to reopen cemeteries.

"I and executive colleagues understand how difficult it is that members of our families, friends and community are being denied solace which moments of reflection at gravesides can provide, but that is the price we must pay.

"We have not beaten Covid-19. No other interest can take primacy over our public health."

SDLP assembly member Colin McGrath said his party supported the current restrictions.

"To cause loved ones to die alone and then restrict who can attend a burial and not let family visit the graveyard is cruel - but it is necessary to stop the spread of the disease," he said.

"That will save lives."

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The minister for agriculture, environment and rural affairs says news of more financial help for farmers doesn't go far enough.

It's been confirmed farmers can apply for support under a government scheme to help the self-employed cope with the fall out from coronavirus.

There had been confusion from farmers about whether they were eligible.

Edwin Poots says farmers need more.

"This will help farmers with their household bills but it will not help them deal with the financial losses that they are suffering," he told BBC's Good Morning Ulster programme.

Mr Poots says he will be presenting a case to the executive on Wednesday, which will then be sent to the UK government to get a package of support for NI farmers.

Lives in Northern Ireland have been saved thanks to social-distancing measures, according to one of the UK government's leading advisers.

Speaking on BBC NI's Good Morning Ulster programme earlier, Prof Neil Ferguson spoke about the revised figures for predicted numbers of deaths in Northern Ireland.

Marie-Louise Connolly
BBC News NI Health Correspondent

There is room for cautious optimism with the revised modelling on coronavirus figures.

Health Minister Robin Swann has said Northern Ireland could see 1,500 deaths in the first 20 weeks of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Earlier this month, experts warned there could be 3,000 deaths in NI in the initial wave of the outbreak.

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At the start of all this, the margins for death were big.

We were talking 15,000 people in NI could possibly die as a result of Covid-19.

But that was several weeks ago, and as the experts have been gathering more and more data, more and more facts, those margins have been shrinking.

I think we tend to forget sometimes that this is a new virus, we are all constantly learning, almost on a daily basis, new things about this virus - as are the experts based all around the world.

Jayne McCormack
BBC News NI political reporter

DUP MP Sir Jeffrey Donaldson says there is a "difference of opinion" within the executive about when the decision should be taken to reopen cemeteries.

Sinn Féin said it was "not the time to relax the guidelines on physical distancing and gatherings".

The Alliance Party said while it had sympathy with those wishing to visit the grave of a loved one, it was "important we maintain the stay at home guidelines until the lockdown guidelines are relaxed".

Sources told the Nolan Show the Ulster Unionist Party has supported calls for the cemeteries to reopen.

It is not clear what the SDLP's position is.

Jayne McCormack
BBC News NI political reporter

The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) has called for cemeteries across NI to be reopened on a "controlled basis".

Cemeteries were closed when the lockdown was announced by the Stormont executive last month.

While they are operated by councils, the executive holds the legal power to decide when they should reopen.

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Sir Jeffrey Donaldson said his party believes it is possible to reopen cemeteries safely.

Speaking on BBC Radio Ulster's Stephen Nolan Show, Sir Jeffrey said it was "about making balanced judgements".

"We believe it is possible to do this safely, to put in place measures that will protect people and at the same time enable them, if they need to, to visit their loved ones," he added.

He suggested a one-way system could be set up, or opening hours should be reduced and that social-distancing measures should be strictly adhered to.

"We allow people to go out to the supermarket where they queue up," he added.

A senior doctor has expressed concern that attendances at emergency departments have fallen by more than a half since the Covid-19 outbreak began.

Dr Seamus O'Reilly, medical director of the Northern Trust, says he believes people are "frightened" to attend or falsely believe they will be "a burden" on the health service.

Dr O'Reilly says there is a false "anxiety" that people believe if they come to hospital they will catch Covid-19.

He reassured the public every emergency department had separate Covid and non-Covid areas, and patients would be allocated accordingly based on their symptoms.

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Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots says pedestrian access will be available to all forest parks and country parks in Northern Ireland from today.

"Our car parks will not be open, we are not encouraging people to drive but for local communities having that facility on their doorstep is something they will be able to utilise for walking purposes only," he told BBC NI's Good Morning Ulster.

"Not for picnics, not for gatherings, not for anything else.

"For walking purposes only, a bit of exercise - good for your mental health, good for your physical health."

Forest parks were closed to the public last month, just days after parking charges were waived to give people greater access to them during the coronavirus outbreak.

At that time, Mr Poots said it was necessary after social distancing advice was ignored.

Belfast International Airport says it has furloughed 50% of its staff - about 100 people.

Managing director Graham Keddie says these are “tough times” but the airport had experienced bad things before and come through it.

He says the airport can “ramp up very very quickly” when travel resumes.

While the skies above Northern Ireland may be much quieter, the airport is still operating for some freight flights.

"Our freights are running flat out through the night and our guys are doing a brilliant job," he said.

"Food supply, medicines, everyone’s Amazon orders coming through."

Read more on the imporatance of connectivity to NI's recovery.

With the Easter break now in the rear window, it is back to the grind of home schooling for parents across Northern Ireland.

Speaking to BBC NI's Good Morning Ulster programme, two parents have spoken about feeling the pressure.

"We have tried to not pretend it is still school," said Hugh Odling-Smee, whose wife is a midwife and whose daughter is in P6.

"It has been challenging and I think it will continue to be challenging," he said.

"It is another level, and another level of doubt about whether you are doing things right."

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Mr Odling-Smee said the transfer to secondary education could be an "unfair process this year" due to differences in home schooling, but it might be an opportunity to deal with the wider issues of "how do we get children into the secondary level without penalising them".

Laura Nesbitt, whose daughter is also in P6, said there had been "just so much to process" when home schooling started.

"All the different online portals that all the kids use these days… it’s taken time to get to grips with that."

A leading infectious disease modeller has said a revised figure for predicted deaths in Northern Ireland shows social distancing is working.

Yesterday, Health Minister Robin Swann announced revised modelling which predicted there could be 1,500 deaths in the first wave of coronavirus in Northern Ireland - half the figure predicted last month.

Prof Neil Ferguson, an infectious diseases expert from Imperial College London who has helped guide the UK's approach to coronavirus, tells BBC NI's Good Morning Ulster programme: "We can tell the lockdown is working.

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"What we are seeing is a decline in newly hospitalised cases across most regions of the country.

"Slowly that is reflected in deaths and that is really the best indication it is working."

Mr Ferguson adds Northern Ireland appeared to have recorded "fewer infections than was predicted to start with because we cut off transmission with the lockdown".

Northern Ireland's Commissioner for Older People Eddie Lynch tells BBC Radio Foyle there needs to be a "ramping up of testing in care homes" to protect staff and residents.

"Potential outbreaks need to be identified as soon as possible," Mr Lynch says.

Mr Lynch says people living in care homes are among the "most vulnerable" in society.

While he understands there are "worldwide shortages of equipment" but it is essential care home staff and residents here are protected during the pandemic, he adds.

The commissioner says currently most care homes have enough PPE but supply chains must be maintained.

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Another 13 coronavirus-related deaths were reported yesterday in Northern Ireland's hospitals, bringing the total number recorded to 207.

Health Minister Robin Swann said Northern Ireland could see 1,500 deaths in the first 20 weeks of the Covid-19 pandemic.

In the UK, a further 449 deaths in hospitals have been recorded since Sunday, bringing the total number of deaths across the UK to 16,509.

In the Republic of Ireland the number of deaths announced yesterday was the highest so far at 77, bringing the total to 687.

We've been hearing lots about shortages of personal protection equipment (PPE) over the last couple of weeks but the Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland has managed to get some and is distributing it to those who need it.

The organisation has purchased tens of thousands of masks, aprons and hand sanitizer - and lodges are now distrubuting it to GP sugeries, care homes and community workers on both sides of the border.

The Orange Order's chief executive Iain Carlisle says that though it's not surgical quality it can be of a great help to many.

Earlier this month, it was announced the Twelfth of July parades had been cancelled across Northern Ireland due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Mr Carlisle tells BBC NI's Good Morning Ulster programme "parades alone don't define Orangeism".

"As members we are called to be generous and benevolent to all and perhaps the current situation has helped the public understand that we are not simply about the Twelfth of July," he added.

Richard Morgan
BBC News NI business reporter

Northern Ireland's unemployment rate increased slightly over the last quarter, according to latest figures on Tuesday.

The Labour Force Survey indicates the rate rose to 2.5% between December and February 2020.

Over the year, the number of confirmed redundancies increased by more than 600, with 231 of those confirmed in March.

The employment rate, the percentage of working age adults in employment, decreased slightly but remains close to a record high at 72.5%.

Given when this data was collected, the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency has said the impact of Covid-19 on the labour market is not reflected in these estimates.

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Paul McFlynn, of the Nevin Economic Research Institute, said this was going to be "the point from which we mark the impact of Covid-19".

"It is somewhat comforting that the Northern Ireland labour market appears to be in a fairly good position in terms of the baseline unemployment rate, but we can expect significant change in next month's figures unlike anything we have seen before."

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NHS supplies of face masks could be put at risk if the government starts advising the public to wear them, hospital bosses have warned.

The government's scientific advisers are to meet later to discuss whether the public should be urged to wear masks in a bid to combat coronavirus.

But Chris Hopson, chief executive of NHS Providers, warned there should be "clear evidence" to justify their use.

He said securing supplies for NHS staff amid huge global demand was "crucial".

Read more on this story here.

Conor Macauley
BBC News NI Agriculture and Environment Correspondent

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The economy minister has confirmed all eligible farmers can apply for support under a government scheme to help the self-employed cope with the fall out from coronavirus.

It came in a letter from Diane Dodds to the chair of the assembly's agriculture committee, Declan McAleer.

Mrs Dodds said it was not just farmers who availed of a government tax averaging scheme who are eligible.

Mr McAleer said he had been contacted by farmers unsure if they qualified.

Read more on this story here.

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