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Covid-19: Northern Ireland’s major milestones – BBC News
From the first case of coronavirus to Stormont squabbles and a vaccine, here’s how the crisis unfolded.
By Amy StewartBBC News NI
When a lockdown was announced in March, in a bid to limit the spread of coronavirus, most of us thought it would be a few weeks of hunkering down – sticking together but staying apart.
Christmas restrictions may not have been on our radars.
But somewhere along the way, the reality kicked in that Covid-19 was here for the long haul – but hopefully not forever, with the approval of two vaccines in the UK.
But how did we get here? We take a look at the major milestones in…
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