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The government has already prolonged the confinement in NI until May 28
The Stormont government will meet later on Monday to consider a plan to slowly remove NI from confinement.
The ministers insist that any adjustment to the restrictions is likely to be gradual and will have to be supported by scientific advice.
A press release was released Sunday night from Prime Minister Arlene Foster and Deputy Prime Minister Michelle O’Neill.
The government has already prolonged the confinement in NI until May 28.
Politicians in NI had emphasized the “stay home message” in front of the prime minister’s team on Sunday.
Mrs. Foster and Mrs. O’Neill took half a name on the federal government’s emergency Cobra committee on Sunday afternoon with the prime minister.
On Sunday night, Boris Johnson unveiled a “conditional plan” to reopen the partnership, allowing people in England to spend more time outdoors since Wednesday.
Ms. Foster mentioned Sunday night, “We have flattened the infection curve, reduced the R rate to less than one, and protected our health service, but we are not out of the woods yet.”
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“It is important that we follow this advice,” he added.
“As the executive begins finalizing our recovery plans, we must strike a balance between continuing to protect lives and the health service and giving people hope for the future.
“The adjustments we are going to introduce are likely to be gradual, proportionate, and based primarily on scientific and medical advice, and are likely to be taken at the right time and in one of the best activities of the people of Northern Ireland.”
“Big decisions”
Ms O’Neill said: “We are at a crucial stage in the fight against the virus, so our restoration must be gradual, gradual and strategic.”
He added: “The elections that this government will take in the coming days and weeks are some of the best that we will have to make.
“We know that six weeks after the restrictions, people need some light at the end of the tunnel.
“Furthermore, we know that restoration will only occur one step at a time, to in any other case make the dangers that undermine the sacrifices that individuals have already made and will increase the danger of a second peak sooner or later.”
Health officials in England have changed their message from “keep living” to “stay alert”, but the original message remains in Northern Ireland, as well as Scotland and Wales.
Deputy Prime Minister Michelle O’Neill and Health Minister Robin Swann tweeted “stay home” messages on Sunday.
Alliance deputy director Stephen Farry said in a cross-call with the prime minister on Sunday, he had expressed concern about the “stay alert” message.
Speaking to BBC Radio Ulster’s Good Morning Ulster program, SDLP leader Colum Eastwood said the new message in England was “utter nonsense.”
“It is not a thief we are trying to fight, it is a virus,” Eastwood said.
“Staying alert does nothing to stop it, but staying in the home does.”
Foyle’s deputy said effective testing and tracing has been proven to work in other countries “that have survived this” and said there is no point in such a testing strategy being in place in the UK.
The SDLP leader has reiterated calls for a “test strategy across Ireland” and said that doing so would not be “for any political reason.”
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Colum Eastwood mentioned he felt the “stay alert” message “doesn’t make any sense”
Ulster Chief Trade Unionist Steve Aiken mentioned: “We firmly believe that now is not the time to change the message or the direction.
“Until the R load is reduced, we must proceed to maintain housing, defend the NHS and, above all, save lives.”
On Sunday, five more people diagnosed with coronavirus were reported to have died in Northern Ireland.
That brings the number of Covid-19-related deaths to 435, according to figures from the Department of Health.
These figures are one of two sets published in Northern Ireland.
The others are weekly statistics from the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (Nisra), covering all deaths where coronavirus has been recorded on the death certificate.
Figures released by the Northern Ireland Statistics Agency (Nisra) showed on Friday that 516 overall coronavirus-related deaths have been reported in NI, including 232 in nursing homes and four in hospices.
