NI Church opens despite coronavirus rules + NI moves past 1,000 lives lost milestone

Dear reader
A prominent Baptist church in Co Armagh has apparently opened for a Sunday service in contravention of rules imposed by Stormont as part of the latest lockdown in Northern Ireland.
It is understood Tandragee Baptist Church hosted a Sunday service in spite of the so-called ‘circuit-breaker’ introduced by the NI Executive last Friday.
The president of the Association of Baptist Churches in Ireland, pastor Trevor Ramsey, told the News Letter that he would not “condemn or condone” the church’s decision.
The Department of Health revealed on Tuesday that the Province has now passed the milestone of 1,000 Covid-19 related deaths. The 15 Covid-19 deaths recorded on Tuesday brought the total number of Covid-19 deaths recorded by the department to 1,011.
As reported in the News Letter last month, the NI Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) had already recorded the Province as having passed the 1,000 deaths milestone. NISRA gathers its data in a different manner to the Department of Health.
I hope you enjoy your evening
Alistair Bushe
Editor
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