Bars and restaurants which opt to limit entry to customers who have had the Covid vaccine will be allowed to ease COVID-19 measures from next week, deputy Prime Minister Chris Fearne announced this afternoon.
The distance between tables can be reduced from two metres to one and a half metres if inside and one metre if outside.
Eight people can sit at the same table, up from six.
Bars and restaurants will also be able to remain open up until 3am and will be allowed to have a limited bar service.
With Covid-19 numbers continuing to fall, further easing of restrictions has been possible said Deputy PM Chris Fearne.
“We have maintained complete control of the pandemic. We also have a 92% of the population that is completely vaccinated,” Fearne said.
