"This is not the time for trite political points, First Minister Arlene Foster told lawmakers at the regional assembly in Belfast as she announced the decision. "This is the time for solutions."

UK health officials will discuss whether to add other areas of northern England — including Manchester and Lancashire — to the country's highest virus risk tier, meaning additional measures such as closing pubs could soon be imposed there.

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