NI Covid lockdown: 'We have probably taken our hardest decision'

Health Minister Robin Swann has said the executive has taken "probably its hardest decision yet" of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Ministers have agreed a new lockdown in Northern Ireland will begin on 26 December.

Non-essential shops in NI will close from the end of trading on Christmas Eve in a bid to stop the spread of Covid-19.

Ministers will review the measures after four weeks.

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